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SpaceX launches 250th Starlink satellite mission, lands rocket at sea (photos)

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the company's Starlink broadband satellites lifted off from Florida 's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday night .

About eight minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth for a vertical touchdown as planned.

It was the 48th Falcon 9 flight of 2025 , and the 31st dedicated to building out the Starlink network.

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