"SpaceX Successfully Launches 6000th Starlink Satellite and Super Heavy-Starship Rocket"

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"SpaceX Successfully Launches 6000th Starlink Satellite and Super Heavy-Starship Rocket"
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SpaceX successfully launched its 6,000th Starlink satellite using a Falcon 9 rocket, tying its rocket-reuse record with the 19th liftoff of the first stage. The launch took place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the first stage landing on the droneship "A Shortfall of Gravitas" in the Atlantic Ocean. The company's focus on extensive rocket reuse aligns with its goal of making Mars settlement economically feasible, as demonstrated by the recent test flight of its next-generation vehicle, Starship, in South Texas.

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