At 13:33 Beijing time on December 23, 2023 (00:33 EST on December 23, 2023), the Falcon 9 carrier rocket carrying six groups of 32 batches (G6-32) of 23 small second-generation "Starlink" satellites was launched from the SLC-40 station of Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, successfully launching the satellite into the scheduled orbit.
This mission is the 62nd batch launch of the "Starlink" constellation, the 129th batch launch in total, and the 42nd batch launch of the second-generation "Starlink" satellite in 2023. So far, the total number of "Starlink" satellites has reached 5,627, of which 1,971 have been launched this year.
This launch is the 19th flight of the first stage B1058.19, this mission adopts the route recovery downward, the first stage successfully landed vertically on the automatic recovery ship moored in the Atlantic Ocean, and the first 19th flight stage of the "Falcon" rocket was born.
This launch is the 89th launch of the Falcon 9 rocket in 2023, the 60th launch of Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, the 111th launch of the United States, and the 211th launch of the world. So far, SpaceX has carried out a total of 93 orbital space launches (including 4 "Falcon Heavy") this year, of which the "Starlink" mission accounts for about 67%.
Author: Mulan Xingzhou