SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0517 GMT on 11 August 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-9 of 22 V2-Mini Starlink satellites for the Starlink second generation constellation. The reusable B1069 first stage, on its ninth flight, landed on the drone barge Just Read the Instructions located downrange in the Atlantic.
Ignition: Starlink Group 6-9 carrying Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 in the last second before lift off. Courtesy: SpaceX
Apology: We apologise for the repetitive formulaic nature of these launch reports. One Starlink launch is much like another. However, this one did have one interesting fact about it: it was the 100th launch of Starlink constellation satellites.
