SpaceX launches first rocket since September explosion
SpaceX completed their first successful rocket launch since the explosion at Cape Canaveral, FL four-and-a-half months ago. pic.twitter.com/8INF34gLig
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SpaceX on Saturday launched its first rocket since the September explosion in Florida that halted the company’s Falcon 9 program, The Associated Press reported.
The Falcon 9 took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and landed on a “droneship” in the Pacific Ocean.
Approximately an hour after the rocket had been launched, it deployed satellites.
{mosads}NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Air Force and the National Transportation Safety Board investigated the September explosion, which was due to the failure of a helium tank.
According to USA Today, SpaceEx wants to launch another commercial satellite from Florida as early as Jan. 26 should the Saturday mission be successful.
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