Official photos of AsiaSat 6 liftoff

BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: September 9, 2014

Putting on a late summer sky show along Florida's Space Coast, a Falcon 9 rocket climbed into space after midnight Sunday with a commercial communications satellite to connect growing markets in China and Southeast Asia.

Powered by 1.3 million pounds of thrust, the 224-foot-tall rocket lifted off at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT). These images of launch preparations and the Falcon 9's fiery blastoff were released by SpaceX.

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Photo credit: SpaceX