SpaceX Safely Lands Launched Rocket Back On Earth — Again

Sunday's mission was SpaceX's fourth successful landing aboard a drone ship and the sixth overall to safely land back on Earth's surface.

Aug 17th, 2016

(Image credit: SpaceX)

(Image credit: SpaceX)

SpaceX successfully conducted yet another launch by landing its rocket on an ocean-borne ship over the weekend.

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Sunday's mission was SpaceX's fourth successful landing aboard a drone ship off the Florida coast and the sixth overall to safely land back on Earth's surface.

(Image credit: SpaceX)

(Image credit: SpaceX)

The Falcon 9 rocket delivered the JCSAT-16, a Japanese communications satellite, into orbit 22,000 miles above the equator. The mission to high orbit — which the company warned would be a more difficult landing — was SpaceX's third to successfully return to Earth.

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