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SpaceX rolls out rocket for sixth Falcon 9 launch in five weeks – Spaceflight Now – Spaceflight Now
SpaceX fired up a Falcon 9 rocket Monday on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, running the launcher through a pre-flight checkout and clearing a hurdle before liftoff later this week with the next batch of Starlink internet satellites.
The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket ignited its nine Merlin 1D main engines at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT) Monday on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral. The engines appeared to run for several seconds, generating a cloud of exhaust that billowed out…
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