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SpaceX makes history after launching rocket from Florida and landing booster in Bahamas

SpaceX unleashed a historic feat after launching rockets into space from the Florida coast and landing rocket boosters in other countries.

Tuesday's mission shows Falcon 9 first landing in a droneship off the Bahamas coast.

Nearly eight minutes after blowing up from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Falcon 9's first phase booster landed on a “just read” drone ship stationed on the Atlantic Bahamas coast.

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SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship off the coast of the Bahamas (Distribution materials)

“This is the first time that rockets have taken off from one country, went into space and landed in another country!” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote to X.

The commercial space company said that the ability to land in the Bahamas will allow Falcon 9 to maximize performance by starting an orbit southeast from the Florida Space Coast.

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SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship off the coast of the Bahamas

SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship off the coast of the Bahamas (Distribution materials)

For example, if launched southeastward, SpaceX can bring additional satellites into orbit, and the rocket may launch human SpaceFlight missions like FRAM2, a polar orbit human Spaceflight mission that explores the Earth. can.

SpaceX also said landings from the Bahamas coast will allow Falcon Boosters to continue to provide “quick and reliable service” to company customers as winter weather offers recovery options.

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SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship off the coast of the Bahamas

SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship off the coast of the Bahamas (Distribution materials)

The Falcon 9 booster, which was used on Tuesday's mission, previously launched key cargo and supplies to eight astronauts, space stations and orbital labs, sending more than 200 Starlink satellites into orbit, among other things I had sent it to.

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In fact, on Tuesday, Booster helped bring 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit before returning to Earth.

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