SpaceX lands another rocket

Elon Musk's space trucking business, SpaceX, has again landed a rocket safely on Earth.

The company sent a Falcon 9 heavenwards on Sunday and it successfully delivered a communications satellite to a geosynchronous orbit.

The first stage of the rocket then returned to land on the company's Droneship and did so before the satellite had reached its final orbit.

First stage landing confirmed on the droneship. Second stage & JCSAT-16 continuing to orbit https://t.co/tdni5406Hi pic.twitter.com/h6llIXSVu7

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 14, 2016

SpaceX has now landed six first stage rockets. It's yet to put any back into service, but the company has test-fired two of its used rockets and plans to use one of them to re-supply the International Space Station. ®