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WATCH: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

FILE - A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off with four private citizens from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021. New research presents the largest set of information yet regarding how the human body reacts to spaceflight. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) (John Raoux, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday morning from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where there are both government and commercial space operations.

The California-based aerospace company’s reusable medium-lift launch vehicle lifted off at 9:20 a.m. from the Space Launch Complex 40.

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“This is the first flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean,” SpaceX wrote on their website.

If needed, Space X said additional launch opportunities are available on Wednesday starting at 4:58 a.m. ET.

Watch the launch here:

Map of launch location


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