WATCH: SpaceX lights up Florida’s Space Coast with early morning Falcon 9 rocket launch

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Another batch of Starlink satellites is in orbit after an overnight rocket launch Thursday from Florida’s Space Coast.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station just before 3 a.m.

Photos: SpaceX lights up Florida’s Space Coast with early morning Falcon 9 rocket launch

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SpaceX lights up Florida’s Space Coast with early morning Falcon 9 rocket launch

The rocket brought 53 Starlink satellites into orbit.

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The company has been sending up Starlink satellites to establish a high-speed internet service worldwide.

About 9 minutes after the launch, the first stage booster successfully landed on SpaceX’s droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, in the Atlantic.

SpaceX said the booster had been used on four prior missions.

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