SpaceX fires off 49 more Starlinks in rapid-fire launch sequence

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It was SpaceX's third orbital launch in just 12 days.

Keeping up a rapid-fire launch pace, SpaceX fired off its third Falcon 9 of the year Tuesday, boosting another 49 Starlink internet satellites into orbit as the company continues building out a globe-spanning network of commercial broadband relay stations.

A time exposure captures the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket over a full moon Tuesday as it climbed away from historic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. It was SpaceX's 121st Florida launch, but only the sixth taking off on a southeasterly trajectory.After boosting the rocket out of the lower atmosphere, the first stage fell away and flew itself back to landing on an off-shore droneship. It was SpaceX's 103rd successful recovery and its 79th at sea.

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