Another SpaceX Elon Musk milestone with their first 18th flight first stage Falcon 9 booster carrying Starlink 6-26 internet satellites to space and landing back on their drone ship ASOG in the Atlantic Ocean at 8:37 PM November 3rd 2023.

The 45th Space Wing had predicted 80% Go For Launch weather but it was even better than that at liftoff. The clouds cleared about an hour before launch on a crystal clear spacecoast evening over launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Florida.

SpaceX is pushing the flight certification on their reflown Falcon 9 rockets in a hopes of reaching 20 flights in routine fashion. Tonight was the 60th launch from Kennedy Space Center / Cape Canaveral in 2023.

The booster landing tonight marks the 241st booster landing with 213 reflown rockets and the 278th total launch for SpoaceX,

Congratulations to the entire team for tonights success on further pushing theeir re-useability goals for the Falcon 9 workhorse!

Photos & Summary by Scott Schilke for spoacenewsfl.com