Private space launch contractor SpaceX once again successfully lands the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket after the booster lifts a Japanese communications satellite into a parking orbit (from which the second stage propels the satellite to geostationary orbit). This second consecutive landing of a Falcon 9 first stage takes place at sea again, with the booster coming in for a faster landing then its predecessor.
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