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WATCH: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

FILE IMAGE: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX set for Thursday morning rocket launch (SpaceX)

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX sent more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit early Thursday.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:38 a.m.

The rocket deployed 28 new satellites that will join Starlink’s growing constellation to help expand the company’s global high-speed internet network.

After the launch, SpaceX landed the rocket’s booster on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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