The incident involved the failure of the Falcon 9 booster rocket while landing on a droneship at sea. No public injuries or public property damage have been reported.
A return to flight of the Falcon 9 booster rocket is based on the FAA determining that any system, process, or procedure related to the anomaly does not affect public safety.
This is the second grounding for SpaceX this year after a liquid oxygen leak in the Falcon 9 booster caused a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' during another Starlink satellite delivery mission in July.
Groundings for SpaceX workhorse rockets are rare, with the last one occurring in 2016 prior to the two incidents this year.
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