At 0507 GMT on 7 December 2023, 23 v2 Mini communications spacecraft were launched into orbit from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket. The are part of the SpaceX Starlink second generation constellation. The reusable B1077 first stage, on its ninth flight, landed on the drone barge Just Read The Instructions located down range in the Atlantic.
Starlink Group 6-33 stack of 23 v2 Mini satellites are exposed for release as the Falcon 9 fairing falls away. Courtesy: SpaceX
