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Nov. 27th 11:20 PM A Beautiful Half Moon Halo From Ice Crystals in High Cirrus Clouds During Liftoff Of SpaceX Starlink 6-30 & The 17th Flight With Landing B-1062 Booster

"SpaceX Starlink 6-30 With 17th Flight B-1062 From SLC-40"

SpaceX Starlink 6-30 With 17th Flight B-1062 From SLC-40

"SpaceX Starlink 6-30 With 17th Flight B-1062 From SLC-40"

SpaceX Starlink 6-30 With 17th Flight B-1062 From SLC-40

At 11:20 PM ET November 27th 2023 SpaceX launch their Starlink 6-30 with their 17th flight first stage Falcon 9 booster B-1062. Weather was 90% Go For Launch and a bonus moon halo from ice crystals in high cirrus clouds created a beautiful sight above the launch streak in the photos tonight.

This is SpaceX 89th launch in 2023 from all three of their launch sites for SpaceX.  According to SpaceX.com/launches this now makes for 286 Total Falcon 9 launches, 249 first stage booster landings and the 221st re-flight of  their booster. This also makes for 157 SpaceX launches from just SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Florida.

First stage booster B-1062-17 successfully landed on JRTI Just Read The Instructions down range near the Bahama Islands.


Photos & Summary by Scott Schilke for spacenewsfl.com

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  • Client SpaceX
  • Project date 27 November, 2023
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