SpaceX closes out October with Halloween eve Falcon 9 launch, 700th Falcon 9 launch to date

SpaceX capped off the month of October with the launch of a Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday night. The flight was the 700th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to date. The Starlink 15-18 mission on the eve of Halloween will add another 27 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 9:04 p.m. PDT (12:04 a.m. EDT / 0404 UTC). The rocket flew on a southeasterly trajectory upon leaving the pad. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Oct 31)