The private space firm has already launched Falcon 9 to orbit 29 times this year.
SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink broadband satellites into orbit early in the morning of Sunday, May 14.
Shortly after launch, the Falcon 9's first stage came down to Earth for one of the company's iconic landings.Roughly 8.5 minutes after launch, SpaceX's Falcon 9 touched down on the drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed on the Atlantic Ocean, to mark another successful mission. OnThe Falcon 9's upper stage continued to low Earth orbit, deploying the 56 Starlink satellites.
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