SpaceX did it again.
After launching a telecommunications satellite into space at 1:26 a.m. ET on Sunday, August 14, the company landed the second stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea.
This marks the sixth time SpaceX has successfully landed a rocket, and the fourth time it did it in the ocean.
Check out these amazing photos from the late-night launch:
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Here you can see the 229-foot-tall rocket being prepared for launch.
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The Falcon 9 rocket was carrying the Japanese telecommunications satellite JCSat-16, which will deliver video and data services to people in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:26 a.m., as scheduled.
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