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SpaceX tries, tries again - and

successfully launches satellite
by Jackie Wattles @jackiewattles
March 4, 2016: 8:15 PM ET

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SpaceX tries, tries

again - and
successfully
launches satellite

SpaceX launched a satellite toward distant orbit on Friday after multiple delays.
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headed by Tesla (TSLA
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launched from
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:35 pm ET.

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SpaceX has set five different launch dates, the first of which was on February 25 -- and it has halted
six countdowns due to problems with the rocket fuel, weather, and even interference from a nearby
boat.
But on Friday, SpaceX employees and onlookers cheered as the Falcon 9 rocket hurtled toward the
sky without issue.
The mission was to deliver a massive satellite that could provide broadband internet to remote areas
of the Asia-Pacific into geosynchronous orbit.
Related: Elon Musk: SpaceX wants to send people to Mars by 2015
That's no small feat. More than 22,000 miles into space, geosynchronous orbit is 100 times further
than where the International Space Station orbits.
All was headed smoothly with that effort.
However, SpaceX also attempted another rocket landing. That's deemed a secondary goal, but
SpaceX -- as well as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin -- have been determined to master
rocket landings.
Being able to safely land -- and reuse -- the rocket that provides the initial blast for a spacecraft is
key to making space travel cheaper and more accessible for the private sector.
Both Musk and Bezos have succeeded in landing a rocket, but SpaceX has yet to land one a
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Both Musk and Bezos have succeeded in landing a rocket, but SpaceX has yet to land one a
platform out at sea.
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The company did not successfully land on Friday night, but it had not expected to.
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