Starlink 6-25 (Falcon 9) 30 October 2023 |
Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station |
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:30 p.m. on 30 October 2023. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This is the eighth 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 two Starlink missions. |
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Stage separation. |
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Second stage Merlin Vacuum Engine plume. |
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First stage entry burn seen from hundreds of miles away over the Atlantic Ocean. |
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