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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
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Richard Tribou

SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, sticks 9th landing for booster

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.

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