SpaceX launches third rocket in four days, putting up another 49 Starlink satellites

SpaceX keeps up rapid launch cadence with sixth orbital flight in just 28 days.

, SpaceX fired off another Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, boosting 49 more Starlink internet relay satellites into orbit. It was the California rocket builder's sixth launch in just 28 days.

Close encounters of the bird kind: A Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from historic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, photobombed by a passing bird. The rocket successfully deployed another 49 Starlink internet satellites in SpaceX's sixth launch so far this year.About two-and-a-half minutes after liftoff, the first stage, making its sixth flight, fell away, flipped around and headed for landing on a SpaceX droneship while the rocket's second stage pressed ahead toward orbit.

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