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SpaceX's most-flown reusable rocket will go for its 20th launch tonight


Remarkably, SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket almost every day over the last week.

Enlarge/ File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket rolling out of its hangar at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The rocket's first-stage booster will shut off its nine kerosene-fueled Merlin engines about two-and-a-half minutes into the flight, reaching a top speed of more than 5,000 mph (8,000 km per hour). The 15-story-tall Falcon 9 booster, meanwhile, will follow an arcing trajectory before braking for a vertical landing on a drone ship floating in the Atlantic Ocean near the Bahamas.

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