Live coverage: SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink satellites

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At 5:42 a.m., SpaceX launched another batch of 53 Starlink broadband satellites. From the Kennedy Space Center, EDT (0942 GMT) on Friday

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The booster nailed its landing on SpaceX’s drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, completing its 12th journey to space.

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The Falcon 9 rocket was wheeled from its hangar to pad 39A and lifted vertically by SpaceX on Thursday. The launch team will use an automated

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computer-controlled sequencer to load kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants into the Falcon 9 starting at T-minus 35 minutes.

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The rocket will also be pressurised using helium

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The Merlin main engines of the Falcon 9 will be thermally conditioned for flight during the final seven minutes of the countdown, a practise known as "chilldown."

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The guidance and range safety systems on the Falcon 9 will also be set for launch at 5:42 a.m.

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The Falcon 9 rocket, which is 229 feet (70 metres) tall and is powered by nine Merlin engines, will steer northeast over the Atlantic Ocean.

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After reaching the speed of sound, the rocket will shut down its nine main engines two and a half minutes after liftoff.

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The booster will disconnect from the vehicle and fire pulses from cold gas control thrusters before extending titanium grid fins to help steer it back into the atmosphere.

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