Another SpaceX launch, another milestone.

A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight (Nov. 20) at 10:39 p.m. EST (0339 GMT on Nov. 21), carrying 29 of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

It was the 100th liftoff of the year from the Sunshine State, a nice round number that had never been reached before.

The rocket's first stage came back to Earth as planned about 8.5 minutes after liftoff tonight, touching down in the Atlantic Ocean on the SpaceX droneship "Just Read the Instructions." It was the 23rd flight for this particular booster, which carries the designation 1080.

The Falcon 9's upper stage, meanwhile, continued hauling the Starlink craft toward low Earth orbit, where they'll be deployed about 65 minutes after launch.

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