SpaceX Starlink 186 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 12 August 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 23 Starlink satellites (Starlink-186 / Starlink 10-7) to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 12 August 2024, at 10:37 UTC (06:37 EDT). 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 (B1073) previously supported 16 missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1 and 11 Starlink missions. Credit: SpaceX