SpaceX Starlink 113 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 13 October 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-113 / Starlink 6-22) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 13 October 2023, at 23:01 UTC (19:01 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 thirteen missions: CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3b mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA-1 and five Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX