SpaceX Starlink 150 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 31 March 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-150 / Starlink 6-45) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 31 March 2024, at 01:30 UTC (30 March, at 21:30 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1067) previously supported 17 missions: CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3b mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA-1, Merah Putih 2 and eight Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX