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June 23, 2024
Falcon 9 Booster B1080 Return
Booster: B1080 - 9th flight

Launched: June 20, 2024 5:35 pm EDT
Launch site: Space Launch Complex (SLC) 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Arrival at Port Canaveral

VIDEOS

Lifted Off Deck	Rising
Twisting	Turning for Shore
Lowering	Readying for Transport

PHOTOS
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Going Past Cruise Ship	Headed to Dock	Industry
Travel 1	Travel 2	Travel 3
Docking	Docking	At Dock
Pelican Investigates	Making Ready to Lift By Crane	Crane Attaching
Men at Work (Scale)	Men Working	Clear the Decks!
Closeup Attachment	About to Lift	Liftoff Barge!
Moving up	Over the Shore	Setting Down

Payload: ASTRA 1P/SES-24, a wide-beam satellite, for SES prime TV, mass about 5 tonnes

Booster history: Ax-2, Euclid, Ax-3, CRS-30, and four Starlink missions.
Booster recovery: Just Read The Instructions (JRTI); 648km downrange
Fairing recovery: Cargo ship Bob

SpaceX Stats:

64th launch of the year and the 7th launch of the month.

327th Falcon orbital flight.
192nd launch from SLC-40.
84th landing on JRTI out of 85 attempts.
246th successful landing without fail.

Target orbit: Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster landed on the drone-ship, 'Just Read The Instructions' in the Atlantic Ocean.