Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. 1st March, 2015. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS 3A) and the Eutelsat-115 West B satellite sits on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida hours before launch. This is the first time that a SpaceX mission will launch a pair of commercial communication satellites to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The all-electric satellites built by Boeing will distribute television programming, Internet, and mobile phone connectivity across the world. Credit: Paul Hennessy/Alamy Live News

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