SpaceX Starlink 183 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 2 August 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-183 / Starlink 10-6) to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 August 2024, at 05:01 UTC (01:01 EDT). 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 11 missions: Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-B, USSF-124 and 8 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX