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    WATCH: Falcon 9 rocket lights up Space Coast during overnight launch

    By Gene Saladna,

    18 hours ago
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    Another day, another launch from Florida’s Space Coast.

    WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS

    SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Tuesday.

    The rocket lifted off at 2:10 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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    It then delivered 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

    The satellites are used to provide broadband internet capability to locations around the globe.

    Following separation, the first stage booster landed on “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

    READ: NASA launches Europa Clipper on 1.8B mile journey to Jupiter

    On Monday, NASA got its Europa Clipper mission underway.

    That started with a launch from KSC, courtesy of a Falcon Heavy rocket.

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