SpaceX Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 10-12 A Falcon 9 will lift 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on Tuesday, Feb. 18. SpaceX is currently targeting six minutes after the start of a four-hour window for liftoff at 6:06 PM EST (23:06 UTC). The Starlink Group 10-12 mission will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (SFS) in Florida. The booster will fly on a southeasterly trajectory from the launch site. Following the launch, the booster will separate from the second stage and payloads, and descend to land on the SpaceX autonomous droneship Just Read The Instructions, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the Bahamas for the first time. This has been made possible following an agreement with the Bahamian authorities. The sheltered, calmer waters near the island of Exuma will allow more reliable landing conditions than those previously experienced in the more turbulent open seas of the Atlantic. The new landing site will also enable SpaceX to fly additional trajectories out of the Cape. The booster and droneship will, at least for the initial landings at this location, return to Port Canaveral, as with all previous Atlantic landings. Delegates from The Bahamas visited SpaceX facilities in Florida today ahead of launch on the 17th, carrying a Bahamian flag that Falcon 9 flew to and from space in March 2024 pic.twitter.com/WwmPhgc35B