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Thrilling Images Show First Launch of SpaceX’s Revamped Starlink Satellites

The first stage of the company's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket stuck its 100th landing shortly after launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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SpaceX successfully deployed the first batch of its next-generation Starlink satellites, which the company hopes will increase the broadband capacity of its internet megaconstellation.

The next phase in SpaceX’s Starlink internet project has begun. On Monday, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off against a picture perfect sunset backdrop, delivering 21 upgraded units to low Earth orbit.

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