SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the Es'Hail 2 communications satellite onboard this afternoon. Liftoff took place at 20:46 UTC, November 15th 2018 from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. The first stage of the Falcon 9 shortly after landed on the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) out in the Atlantic Ocean.