SpaceX Starlink 159 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 April 2024

Apr 29, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-159 / Starlink 6-54) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 28 April 2024, at 22:08 UTC (18:08 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 (B1076) previously supported 12 missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e, SES O3b mPOWER 5 & 6, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D and six Starlink missions.