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SpaceX launches space station resupply mission with sonic boom warning from booster return

Orlando Sentinel
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A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 6,000 pounds of cargo on a resupply mission to the International Space Station lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 9:29 p.m. Monday night .

The first -stage booster made its fifth flight, having notably flown two human spaceflight missions with Crew-8 in March and September .

It then made a recovery return back on land at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Landing Zone 1 about eight minutes after liftoff.

SpaceX had earlier warned that one or more sonic booms may be heard in parts of Florida .

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