The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the payload was launched just after 6:51 p.m. EDT.
It was the 18th mission for the first-stage fuel booster, which landed on the drone ship Just Read the Instructions, stationed in the Atlantic ocean, about 8 1/2 minutes after launch.
This reusable booster, with the tail number 1080, has been used to launch two private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, two cargo missions and the European Space Agency's Euclid observatory.
It was the 440th time SpaceX has employed a reusable fuel booster, the 468th SpaceX launch overall and the 51st of the year.
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