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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster explodes while landing on drone ship after Starlinks launch

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A SpaceX booster in its 23rd flight tipped over and exploded while landing on a drone ship at sea.

It was the first Falcon 9 landing failure since Feb. 2021 .

The booster took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida .

The launch was scrubbed from California 's Vandenberg Space Force Base .

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