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SpaceX lands another rocket on a drone ship in the Pacific, despite rough seas

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SpaceX is getting it done. 

The Elon Musk-founded company just launched and then landed another of its newly upgraded Falcon 9 rocket boosters. 

The rocket carrying a clutch of communications satellites launched them on their way to orbit from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:39 a.m. ET before the first stage of the booster came back in for a landing on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean about 10 minutes later.

Despite challenging weather conditions, Falcon 9 first stage booster landed on Just Read the Instructions.

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