SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket Sunday from Florida’s Space Coast

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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying communication satellites in the SES O3b mPOWER mission.

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SpaceX is set to launch another Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast on Sunday.

The rocket is set to launch at 4:08 p.m. from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

This mission aims to send broadband communication satellites into orbit for a foreign internet company.

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SpaceX said this launch will be the ninth flight of the rocket’s first-stage booster, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, and five Starlink missions.

Following the launch, SpaceX is planning to land the first stage of the rocket on its A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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