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SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites, Nails Rocket Landing in Record-Breaking Flight

17:35, Tuesday, 07 January, 2020
SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites, Nails Rocket Landing in Record-Breaking Flight

SpaceX kicked off 2020 with the record-breaking launch of its third batch of Starlink satellites. Sixty of the internet-beaming satellites launched atop a used Falcon 9 booster on Monday, Jan. 6.

The sooty Falcon 9 rocket roared to life at 9:19 p.m. EST (0219 GMT Tuesday), lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here in Florida. Its nine Merlin 1D engines lit up the night sky above the space coast as it climbed towards orbit.

SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites, Nails Rocket Landing in Record-Breaking Flight
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