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Christmas Island local woke up to large rocket towed in from Indian Ocean

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Christmas Island local woke up to large rocket towed in from Indian Ocean

Two large ships towed in Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket to Christmas Island after it landed in the Indian Ocean.

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