**SpaceX launches 69th orbital flight of the year with Canaveral liftoff** A SpaceX Falcon 9 took off for 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. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-spacex-69th-orbital-flight-year.html