CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Florida’s Space Coast early Monday morning.
Liftoff happened at 12 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The rocket sent 27 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
The satellites are used to increase the company’s internet capability to locations around the globe.
Shortly after the launch, the rocket’s first stage booster landed on a SpaceX droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
See the full launch broadcast here:
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