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Watch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Misses Landing After Delivering 60 Starlink Satellites

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In what is being called a "successful mission on Monday morning, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket as part of its fifth Starlink satellite mission. Not so much of a success was the rocket's ability to "stick the landing" after the mission had ended. 

Streaming the mission live via the internet, the Falcon 9 first stage appeared to miss the drone ship it was supposed to be landing on in the Atlantic Ocean. In the livestream, smoke can be seen on one side of the ship before water splashes the camera. 

"We clearly did not make the landing this time," says Starlink engineer Lauren Lyons on the livestream.

Another commentator on the webcast also said: "Unfortunately we did not land the first stage on our drone ship, but it did make a soft landing on the water right next to the drone ship so it does look like it might be in one piece."

The primary mission of the launch, however, was a success. The mission was to put Starlink satellites in orbit that will join SpaceX's existing network. It hopes to grow that network to over 10,000 satellites to be able to deliver high-speed internet across the Earth, according to Mashable.

SpaceX has failed 11 out of 65 landings, according to the company, though they have not publicly commented on Monday's miss. 

And after he has control of the entire planet's WiFi, we guess that Musk will probably use that power to ban access to anyone who makes a snide remark or offers criticism about any of his companies on the web.

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