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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch its 500th Falcon 9 rocket

Spaceflight Now reports: SpaceX is preparing to launch its 500th Falcon 9 rocket to date with an overnight Starlink flight on Wednesday. The first stage booster will also fly for a record-setting 29th time.

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Spaceflight NowWill Robinson-Smith

EUMETSAT/ESA Launch MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 Weather Satellites on SpaceX Falcon 9 from KSC

By Spaceflight Now: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lofted the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, setting the spacecraft up to operate in a geostationary Earth orbit, roughly 36,000 km (~22,369 mi) above the equator.

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