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Live coverage: SpaceX launches its fifth Falcon 9 flight of the year

April 27, 2015 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with the TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSat communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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