WATCH: Rocket launch lights up Florida’s Space Coast

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Another rocket lit up our Space Coast overnight.

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SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center at 1:01 a.m. Friday.

The rocket deployed 23 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.

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WATCH: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from KSC (SpaceX)

The satellites will help to expand the company’s internet network.

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SpaceX confirmed that Falcon 9′s booster landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean 8 minutes after liftoff.

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