SpaceX Breaks Launch Lull with Late-Night Falcon 9 Mission, Sets Sights on X-37B Spaceplane Launch
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SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit. The first-stage booster made a successful recovery landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. This launch ended a nearly 12-day lull in launches on the Space Coast and marked SpaceX's 69th mission of the year, with the company responsible for all but four of the launches.
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