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WATCH: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Florida

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday morning from Florida.

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The rocket took off at 9:05 a.m. from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The launch aims to send another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit.

SpaceX said this was the 12th launch for the rocket’s first-stage booster, which previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, and six Starlink missions.

SpaceX once again landed the booster after the launch on its “Just Read the Instructions” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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