SpaceX Starlink 101 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 27 August 2023

SpaceX Starlink 101 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 27 August 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-101 / Starlink 6-11) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida, on 27 August 2023, at 01:05 UTC (26 August, at 21:05 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 (B1080) previously supported two missions: Ax-2 and ESA Euclid.