SpaceX Starlink 135 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 29 January 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-135 / Starlink 6-38) to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 29 January 2024, at 01:10 UTC (28 January, at 20:10 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 (B1062) previously supported 17 missions: GPS III SV04, GPS III SV05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb 17, ARABSAT BADR-8 and 10 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX