Watch a time-lapse video of the Falcon 9 rocket being lifted upright at launch complex 39A in readiness for another launch attempt on a commercial space station resupply mission.
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches Boeing-built telecom satellite for Asia-Pacific
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 7:10 p.m. EST Monday (0010 GMT Tuesday) with the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite, heading for a position in geostationary orbit to beam broadband signals across the Asia-Pacific. The launcher deployed the satellite into an on-target orbit, and the first stage returned to land on SpaceX’s drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.