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SpaceX just launched a powerful Sirius XM satellite into orbit and nailed a rocket landing – Space.com

It was the seventh launch and landing for the Falcon 9 rocket.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. SpaceX
launched a veteran Falcon 9 rockets on its seventh trip to space Sunday (Dec. 13) to carry a massive radio satellite into orbit for Sirius XM and then return to Earth.
The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket
blasted off at 12:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 hereat Cape Canaveral Space Force Station , marking the company’s 25th launch of the year. It carried the SXM-7 next-generation radio satellite into orbit for customer Sirius XM. 
Approximately 9 minutes…

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