SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0200 GMT on 30 September 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-19, a total of 22 v2 Mini satellites for the second-generation Starlink constellation. The reusable B1069 first stage, on its 10th flight, landed on the drone barge A Shortfall of Gravitas located down range in the Atlantic.

Looking like a laser beam from the heavens, this long exposure/time lapse photo was taken of the Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 launch of Starlink Group 6-19. Courtesy: SpaceX
David Todd contributed to this report