SpaceX has launched a top-secret spy satellite for the US government.
The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday from its NASA-leased pad at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. It hoisted a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Several minutes into the flight, the first stage booster - its job done - aimed for a touchdown at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. SpaceX strives to return most of its first-stage boosters for reuse.
This was the fourth SpaceX booster landing at Cape Canaveral; even more have landed on an ocean platform. Sonic booms, as usual, rattled the area around the launch site.
The company's first recycled rocket flew last month.
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