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SpaceX Launches Communications Satellite

by VOA News

   A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, early
   Tuesday morning, on a mission to deploy a communications satellite.

   SpaceX says not long after the rocket lifted off, the Falcon's
   re-usable first stage booster landed successfully on a drone ship in
   the Atlantic Ocean.

   The second stage stayed in orbit, deploying a communications satellite
   that will provide service to Indonesia and other areas of South and
   Southeast Asia.