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1st LD: SpaceX launches first flight 4 months after explosion

Xinhua, January 15, 2017 Adjust font size:

U.S. space firm SpaceX returns to launching rockets on Saturday, four months after an explosion on the launchpad that caused the company to suspend flights.

A Falcon 9 lifted off on time at approximately 9:54 am PST (12:54 p.m. EST) from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying 10 Iridium-NEXT satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO). Endit