Launched the first batch of 21 second-generation 'V2 Mini' Starlink satellites (Group 6-1) to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral; the upgraded design debuted argon-fueled Hall-effect thrusters. Booster B1067 flew its third mission and landed on a droneship.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 15.8 T
- Flight
- 149th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 27 February 2023, 23:13 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2023-026
- Launches in 2023
- 28th of 223
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