SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center at 3:01 p.m. Tuesday on a mission to put more of the company’s Starlink satellites into orbit.
“May the force be with us,” said a member of SpaceX mission control after liftoff, paying deference to May 4, also known as Star Wars Day.
The batch of 60 satellites rode atop a first stage booster flown eight times previous. After launch the booster successfully landed on the drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You.” It marked the 82nd time SpaceX has made a booster recovery.