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SpaceX Falcon 9 nails rare on-shore landing following Saocom launch – CNET
Despite less than ideal weather, Elon Musk’s space company pulled off a launch from Florida on Sunday.
Inclement weather scrubbed one SpaceX launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Sunday morning, but the commercial spaceflight company pressed ahead with a second mission planned for blast-off in the evening.
Conditions improved just before the 4:19 p.m. PT (7:19 p.m. Florida time) launch time and the Falcon 9 rocket managed to pull off both a rare flight path and landing from Florida.
It’s become routine to see one of SpaceX’s workhorse rockets blast off and then watch the first-stage booster come…
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