SpaceX Starlink 189 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 31 August 2024
Aug 31, 2024
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 21 Starlink satellites (Starlink-189 / Starlink 8-10) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 31 August 2024, at 07:43 UTC (03:43 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 (B1069) previously supported 17 missions: CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 15, SES-18/SES-19 and 13 Starlink missions.