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takyon writes:

SpaceX is back in business:

SpaceX returned to flight Saturday after a 4½-month hiatus. The private space exploration company headed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:54 a.m. PT, taking 10 satellites into space for voice and data company Iridium. It marked the company's first launch since a Falcon 9 rocket exploded at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in September.

The launch's success Saturday was made even sweeter by a smooth return landing for the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage booster. It safely returned from space and glided to a landing on a seafaring platform, known as a drone ship.

The hosted launch coverage is available on YouTube.

Also at NPR, Reuters, and NYT.

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "back in business" - http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/14/us/spacex-falcon-9-launch/index.html
3. "Falcon 9 rocket exploded at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in September" - http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/01/news/companies/spacex-explosion/
4. "YouTube" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmbSur4fcs
5. "NPR" - http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/14/509834632/watch-live-spacex-attempts-a-high-stakes-launch-months-after-explosion
6. "Reuters" - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-spacex-idUSKBN14Y0H3
7. "NYT" - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/science/spacex-falcon-9-iridium-elon-musk.html
8. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=18018

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