Space X Starlink 99 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 17 August 2023
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 22 Starlink satellites (Starlink99, Starlink 610) to lowEarth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 17 August 2023, at 03:36 UTC (16 August, at 23:36 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9s first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9s first stage (B1067) previously supported twelve missions: CRS22, Crew3, Turksat5B, Crew4, CRS25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3b mPOWERa, PSN SATRIA1 and four Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX
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