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SpaceX launch Falcon 9 and send another 60 satellites into orbit

SpaceX launch Falcon 9 and send another 60 satellites into orbit

29th Jan 2020

SpaceX have today carried out another successful launch of their re-usable Falcon 9 rocket carrying another 60 starlink satellites into orbit.

The Falcon 9 rocket, after separating from the upper stages was then successfully brought back to earth and landed on their drone ship 400 miles off the coast of California.

Falcon 9 lift off:

Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/rFRtJuTXFL
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 29, 2020

Falcon 9 coming back down to earth:

Here’s a replay of the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage landing on a SpaceX vessel in the Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral this morning. This was the third flight of this particular booster from three different launch pads. https://t.co/JPG97JCbdX pic.twitter.com/sgueePPq4G
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) January 29, 2020

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