Watch: Elon Musk's SpaceX launches first Falcon 9 rocket of 2021
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Elon Musk'sfamous space company, SpaceX, has marked the new year by launching firstFalcon 9 rocket toa new communications satellite to space for Turkey.
SpaceX launched the first pair of next-genertion broadcasting birds,Turksat 5A, launched toorbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday night when the weather was forecasted to be 70 per cent favourable.
The satellite landed ona first stage Falcon 9 booster which then shortly madeits fourth flight and an immediate landing onthe Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was parked in theAtlantic Ocean.
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While the mission is being described as a routine process for SpaceX, it is being considered as an important mission which has helped the space compay set a tone and schedule for the new year.