SpaceX conducted two Starlink launches over the weekend of 21/22 October 2023. The first took place at 0823 GMT on 21 October and saw a Falcon 9 rocket lift-off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, and carry 21 Starlink sats into LEO. These satellites formed Starlink group 7-5.
The second mission was conducted at 0217 GMT on 22 October and lifted-off from the opposite side of the USA Cape Canaveral, Florida. On this launch were 23 Starlink sats forming Starlink group 6-24. This mission marks the highest number of these larger Starlink v2 Mini spacecraft yet launched at one time.
The second night-time Falcon 9 mission, this one lifting-off from Cape Canaveral. Courtesy: SpaceX
On both occasions the first-stages successfully landed on drone barges out at sea downrange from their launch sites.
