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SpaceX Orbits 72 Satellites

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company SpaceX said it had orbited 72 satellites on a Falcon 9 medium-lift launch vehicle.
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"After delivering 72 spacecraft to orbit, Falcon 9 returns to Earth and completes SpaceX’s 200th landing of an orbital class rocket," SpaceX said.
Earlier, the company orbited 52 Starlink satellites.
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