SpaceX launches 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites and nails rocket landing at sea in 60th flight of the year

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Related: 10 weird things about SpaceX's Starlink internet satellitesAbout eight minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9 first stage returned to Earth with a landing on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean, where rough recovery weather threatened to delay the launch.The booster previously flew five Starlink missions, launched two U.S. GPS satellites, the Nilesat 301 commercial satellite and carried two different private astronaut crews on the Inspiration4 and Ax-1 missions, SpaceX has said."Starlink is a satellite internet constellation designed and manufactured by SpaceX to provide high-speed, low-latency internet to people living in remote and ural locations around the globe," Anderson said.— SpaceX reveals 'Starshield' satellite for national security— Starlink satellites: Everything you need to know about the controversial internet megaconstellation— What's going on with Elon Musk, SpaceX's Starlink and Ukraine?While this crop is going into space aboard a Falcon 9, SpaceX eventually plans to use its massive Starship rocket, which is in development and has been awaiting approval to fly to space for 18 months."

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