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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
SpaceX launched a veteran Falcon 9 rocket on its third trip to space Sunday (June 6) to carry a massive radio satellite into orbit for Sirius XM before returning to Earth.
The two-stage
Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 12:26 a.m. EDT (0426 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 here at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking the company s 18th launch of the year. It carried the
Approximately 9 minutes later, the booster s first stage returned to Earth, landing on one of SpaceX s two drone ships, called Just Read The Instructions stationed out in the Atlantic Ocean. The launch occurred at the start of a nearly 2-hour window.