A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit on the Starlink 5-2 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:32 a.m. on 26 January 2023. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a and one Starlink mission.