SpaceX Starlink 185 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 10 August 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 21 Starlink satellites (Starlink-185 / Starlink 8-3) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 10 August 2024, at 12:50 UTC (08:50 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 20 missions: CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3b mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA-1, Merah Putih 2 and 11 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX