SpaceX Starlink 126 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 7 December 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-126 / Starlink 6-33) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 7 December 2023, at 05:07 UTC (00:07 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 (B1077) previously supported eight missions: Crew-5, GPS III SV06, Inmarsat-6 F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37 and three Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX