SpaceX Starlink 98 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 11 August 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink-98 / Starlink 6-9) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 11 August 2023, at 05:17 UTC (01:17 EDT). 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 (B1069) previously supported eight missions: CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 15, SES-18/SES-19 and four Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX