Austin, Texas (CNN Business) SpaceX delivered its 19th large batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Monday evening, but in a rare misstep, the first-stage rocket booster used to launch those satellites missed its landing target. The failed landing was the first time in about a year that SpaceX has lost one of its Falcon 9 rocket boosters, which the company has become accustomed to landing and reusing in order to save money. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the 19th batch of approximately 60 Starlink satellites launches from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, FL, on February 15, 2021. Its first successful booster landing in 2015 was a historic move -- and one that many in the aerospace industry had previously doubted was possible or practical. SpaceX's primary mission on Monday, to put its 60 Starlink satellites into orbit, brought the company's internet constellation up to a total of nearly 1,100 satellites.

Source: CNN February 16, 2021 18:22 UTC