The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying the EchoStar XXIII commercial communications satellite from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center March 16, 2017 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The SpaceX mission put the geostationary satellite into orbit 22,000 miles above Earth and is the first commercial launch from the legendary Launch Complex 39A.

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying the EchoStar XXIII commercial communications satellite from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center March 16, 2017 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The SpaceX mission put the geostationary satellite into orbit 22,000 miles above Earth and is the first commercial launch from the legendary Launch Complex 39A.

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