Starlink 6-2 (Falcon 9) 19 April 2023 |
Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station |
On 19 April 2023 at 10:31 a.m., a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. After stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the eighth launch and landing for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, CRS-27, and now four Starlink missions. |
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The rocket disappeared from view into the clouds. |
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