Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the first Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will send a Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket soars into space from California
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.
