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SpaceX rocket and Israeli satellite destroyed in launch pad explosion

September 1, 2016

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded in the final minutes of a simulated countdown at Cape Canaveral on Thursday, destroying the booster and an Israeli communications satellite valued at nearly $200 million.