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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster 'tipped over' into the ocean during landing

SpaceX canceled its second planned launch.

The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed during an attempted landing on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean last night. The second stage succeeded in putting a batch of 21 Starlink satellites in orbit, however, 13 of which carry the company’s cellular transmission capability. SpaceX had planned for back-to-back launches this morning but postponed the second one in order to review data from the botched landing.

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