SpaceX Starlink 125 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 3 December 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-125 / Starlink 6-31) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 3 December 2023, at 04:00 UTC (2 December, at 23:00 EST). 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 (B1078) previously supported five missions: Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER and three Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX