SpaceX Starlink 128 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 23 December 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-128 / Starlink 6-34) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 19 December 2023, at 05:33 UTC (00:33 EST). 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 (B1058) previously supported 18 missions: Crew Demo-2, ANASIS-II, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Transporter-3 and 13 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX