Falcon 9 rocket launch by SpaceX. Time-lapse image of the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on 6 May 2016 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canave

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Falcon 9 rocket launch by SpaceX. Time-lapse image of the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on 6 May 2016 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. The payload being carried into orbit was JCSAT-14, known as JCSAT-2B after launch, a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group. SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) is a private US aerospace and space transport services company, founded in 2002.

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