Starlink 6-13 (Falcon 9) 31 August 2023 |
Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station |
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:21 p.m. on 31 August 2023. Following stage separation, the first stage booster landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the seventh flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-5, GPS III Space Vehicle 06, Inmarsat I6-F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, and now two Starlink missions. |
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Long distance views of the launch before vanishing behind a cloud. |
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