Starlink 6-8 (Falcon 9) 6 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 10:41 p.m. on 6 August 2023. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the fourth launch and landing for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, and now two Starlink missions. |
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A two-second time exposure reveals the short streak of the second-stage's passage and its engine plume. |
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