Rocket booster misses

A rocket booster that SpaceX hoped would make its 50th successful landing after launch yesterday missed the autonomous ship in the Atlantic Ocean where it was supposed to come down, the company said. The launch went off smoothly, the company said, but a camera on board the floating platform, known as an autonomous spaceport droneship, showed that the booster did not touch down. SpaceX had successfully landed its booster 49 times previously. The launch from Cape Canaveral delivered 60 satellites that will join thousands in low Earth orbit that are intended to beam the internet to remote corners of the world not served by broadband.