SpaceX Starlink 72 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 12 February 2023 |
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 55 Starlink satellites (Starlink-72 / Starlink 5-4) to low-Earth orbit, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 12 February 2023, at 05:10 UTC (00:10 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1062) previously supported eleven missions: GPS III SV04, GPS III SV05, Inspiration4, Axiom-1, Nilesat 301 and six Starlink missions.
Credit: SpaceX Starlink 5-4 |