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SpaceX's Falcon 9 explodes on launch pad: reports

Xinhua, September 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploded Thursday on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. media reported.

Pictures of black smoke rising from the SpaceX launch complex were circulating on Twitter.

"The rocket is currently in flames," Robin Seemangal, a reporter with the Observer, tweeted. "Small explosions can be heard. The explosion occurred during a static test fire."

The Falcon 9 rocket was originally meant to launch an Israeli satellite this weekend. Endi