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Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying a Global Positioning System satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying a Global Positioning System satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
SpaceX launched its 12th Falcon 9 rocket of the year Thursday from California with Taiwan’s Formosat 5 Earth observation satellite. The two-stage rocket lifted off at 11:51 a.m. PDT (2:51 p.m. EDT; 1851 GMT) and deployed the Taiwanese-built spacecraft into polar orbit. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster successfully landed on a drone ship downrange in the Pacific Ocean.
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