Falcon 9 rocket launch by SpaceX. Lift-off of a Falcon 9 rocket on 6 January 2014 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.

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Falcon 9 rocket launch by SpaceX. Lift-off of a Falcon 9 rocket on 6 January 2014 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. The payload being carried into orbit was the telecommunications satellite, Thaicom 6. This was the second successful GTO (geostationary transfer orbit) launch for SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) is a private US aerospace and space transport services company, founded in 2002.

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