SpaceX Starlink 118 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 30 October 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-118 / Starlink 6-25) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 30 October 2023, at 23:20 UTC (19:20 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 (B1077) previously supported seven missions: Crew-5, GPS III SV06, Inmarsat-6 F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37 and two Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX