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Launch, land, repeat: SpaceX ends busy week with Starlink launch at KSC

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Things have been busy for SpaceX this week on Florida’s Space Coast.

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On Monday, the company recovered the crew members of the first all-private mission to the International Space Station after they splashed down near Jacksonville.

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Then, Wednesday, SpaceX launched Crew-4 to the ISS.

On Friday, SpaceX is launching 53 Starlink satellites into orbit.

The first stage of the Falcon 9 booster for Friday’s mission is the same one that launched the Axiom Mission One, three weeks ago.

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There are already more than 2,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, providing high speed internet to remote locations around the globe.

SpaceX will also attempt to recover its Falcon 9 first stage booster for a sixth time aboard its drone ship

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