SpaceX Starlink 148 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 24 March 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-148 / Starlink 6-42) to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 24 March 2024, at 03:09 UTC (23 March, at 23:09 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1060) previously supported 18 missions: Transporter-2, GPS-III Space Vehicle 03, Turksat-5A, Intelsat G-33/G-34, Transporter-6, IM-1and 12 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX