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VIDEO: SpaceX launches rocket from Florida, sending satellite into space

Mission sends GPS-III satellite into orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.SpaceX late Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast.

The launch, which took off around 11:53 p.m., sent a GPS III-9 satellite into medium-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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The launch, originally scheduled for Monday night, marked the fifth flight for the first-stage booster, which previously launched KF-01, IMAP, NROL-77 and one Starlink mission.

Following stage separation, the first stage landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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