SpaceX Starlink 61 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 19 September 2022

Sep 19, 2022

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 54 Starlink satellites (Starlink-61 / Starlink 4-34) to low-Earth orbit, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 19 September 2022, at 00:18 UTC (18 September, at 20:18 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1067) previously supported five missions: CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4 and CRS-25.