SpaceX Launches 69th Orbital Flight of 2023 from Florida Written 2 October 2023
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off for the 39th time this year from Cape Canaveral, marking the 49th SpaceX flight from the Space Coast. | Credit: NASA Spaceflight; YouTube; framegrab
Orlando Sentinel reported that a SpaceX Falcon 9 “took off from the 39th time from Cape Canaveral this year, marking the 49th SpaceX flight from the Space Coast and 69th orbital mission among all of its launch sites.” The rocket “lifted off from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 10 p.m. after poor weather conditions delayed earlier attempts.” The first-stage booster “made its 10th flight once again making a recovery landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.” SpaceX has “flown all but three of the Space Coast’s 52 missions this year, with Relativity Space adding one and United Launch Alliance managing two more.”
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