Name: SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites, the 1st launch of 2020
Uploaded: 1/7/2020 3:51:31 AM
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Description: The first rocket launch of 2020 blasted off Monday -- and it was overseen by the newest branch of the U.S. military, the Space Force.

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