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Launch, Land, Launch — SpaceX Tries Reusing Its Rocket

Thursday the private company SpaceX plans on launching a satellite using a rocket that it has launched once before. Reusing equipment could make it cheaper to do business in deep space.
The first stage on Thursday's launch was used last April to send supplies to the space station.

The most expensive part of doing business in outer space is getting there. The private space flight company SpaceX thinks it can change all that, and it's about to face a big test of its technology.

On Thursday, SpaceX is scheduled to launch a communications satellite

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