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SpaceX rocket launches 60 new satellites

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- The private spaceflight company SpaceX launched approximately 60 new Starlink satellites on Saturday to join its mega-constellation of broadband internet transmitters.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the satellites - the ninth batch in SpaceX's Starlink broadband network.



Three SkySat Earth-imaging satellites for Planet will launch as rideshare payloads on this mission.

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