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SpaceX carried out another Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, deploying a fresh batch of Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit. The mission, conducted under federal commercial ...
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from the Space Coast on Friday. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 satellites is expected to liftoff at 7:16 ...