A crystal clear and cold night after a tropical storm left several delays on several launches recently, the Falcon 9 Starlink Group 6-34 launches right as scheduled at 11:01 pm on December 18 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Here it can be seen from over 150 miles away from Santa Fe Lake near Melrose. Just to the left of the rocket arc, close to the horizon, you can see the booster re-entry burn as it makes its way back to land on the drone ship, ASOG (A Shortfall Of Gravitas) out in the Atlantic ocean.
This marks SpaceX 92nd mission of 2023, and marks an overall accomplishment of the 200th orbital launch by space agencies, congrats SpaceX!!
Mission Details: Falcon 9 Block 5 Starlink Group 6-34
- Thrust: 7,607 kN
- Stages: 2
- Height: 70 m
- Fairing Height: 13 m
- Booster B1081 Flight #3
- Type: Communications
- Launch Cost: $67,000,000
- Payloads: 23
- Location: SLC 40, Cape Canaveral FL
