SpaceX successfully
launched their Falcon 9 rocket carrying 11 satellites to low-Earth orbit. This
mission also marked SpaceX's first successful landing of the first stage
booster.
The successful mission,
capped by delivery of all 11 satellites to orbit for launch customer ORBCOMM
Inc (ORBC.O), unfolded in just over 30 minutes and marked a pivotal reversal of
fortunes for privately owned Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, founded
by high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
It was the first flight
for his California-based company since a rocket failure in June that destroyed
a cargo ship being carried on a resupply mission bound for the International
Space Station.
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