A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Florida tonight (October 21) in the company’s second mission of the day.
The Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday at 10:17 PM EDT (0217 GMT on October 22).
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The Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage returned to Earth for a vertical landing tonight, landing about 8.5 minutes after launch aboard the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
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