SpaceX just completed a remarkable spaceflight tripleheader.

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Ten minutes after liftoff, the rocket's first stage came back to Earth for a vertical landing on the SpaceX droneship

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The satellite was deployed into orbit about 1 hour and 50 minutes after launch as planned

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The June 17th mission set a new rocket-reuse record for SpaceX; the Falcon 9 that flew it featured a first stage that already had 12 launches under its belt

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June 19th launch was the ninth for this particular Falcon 9 first stage, according to a SpaceX mission description.

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