SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites and nails landing on 76th orbital mission of 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink satellites from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:17 p.m. EDT on Oct. 21, 2023 (0217 GMT on Oct. 22). Full Story: The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth safely as planned, touching down at sea on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas about 8.5 minutes after launch. Credit: SpaceX