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WATCH AGAIN: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral

Mission carries Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (AP Photo/John Raoux)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket late Friday morning from Florida’s Space Coast.

The rocket carried 56 Starlink satellites into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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The first-stage booster used in the launch was previously utilized to launch CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18, SES-19 and three other Starlink missions, SpaceX said.

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Following stage separation, the booster landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.


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