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WATCH AGAIN: SpaceX launches Space Force mission from Florida

US Space Force mission carried into orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast on Wednesday evening.

The rocket lifted off at 5:30 p.m. at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The U.S. Space Force’s classified USSF-124 mission is being carried into orbit aboard the Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX officials added.

It’s the seventh launch for the first-stage booster used in the mission, which has previously been used to launch Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, and four other Starlink missions.

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After stage separation, the first-stage booster landed on Landing Zone 2 at the Space Force Station.


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