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SpaceX successfully launches, relands recycled rocket

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SpaceX successfully launches, relands recycled rocket
SpaceX successfully launched and relanded the first-ever already-used rocket Thursday from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 rocket launched was retrieved after a previous successful launch. >>Download the WESH 2 News app for iOS and AndroidThe rocket will send a communications satellite into orbit after taking off from historic launch complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX officials said they’re hopeful that it will not be the last time that a used rocket booster is launched.Reusing rockets will make space travel cheaper and open a world of possibilities, including space tourism, SpaceX said. The launch window opened at 6:27 p.m.

SpaceX successfully launched and relanded the first-ever already-used rocket Thursday from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.

The Falcon 9 rocket launched was retrieved after a previous successful launch.

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The rocket will send a communications satellite into orbit after taking off from historic launch complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX officials said they’re hopeful that it will not be the last time that a used rocket booster is launched.

Reusing rockets will make space travel cheaper and open a world of possibilities, including space tourism, SpaceX said.

The launch window opened at 6:27 p.m.