SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea
SpaceX launched 22 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit and landed the returning rocket at sea on Wednesday night (Aug. 16).
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
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