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WATCH: SpaceX lights up horizon with overnight rocket launch from KSC

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — For the second time in less than 24 hours, SpaceX launched a rocket from Florida’s Space Coast.

At 4:12 a.m. Thursday, the company sent a Falcon 9 into the sky carrying 28 new Starlink satellites.

Their deployment into low-Earth orbit will help broaden Starlink’s broadband network.

Liftoff happened from Kennedy Space Center.

You can see the full launch below.

SpaceX also launched a Falcon 9 to release 28 satellites Wednesday at 7:10 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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