Friday's launch was SpaceX's sixth Falcon 9 flight this month, its 17th so far this year and the 151st overall.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted 53 Starlink internet relay satellites into orbit Friday using a first stage that helped launch the first commercial crew to the International Space Station just three weeks ago.
The rocket's latest mission got underway at 5:27 p.m. EDT when the first stage's nine engines ignited with a burst of flame, throttled up to 1.7 million pounds of thrust and pushed the slender rocket skyward from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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