SpaceX Starlink 104 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 9 September 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-104 / Starlink 6-14) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 9 September 2023, at 03:12 UTC (8 September, at 23:12 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 (B1076) previously supported six missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e and three Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX