Article 3YDZT SpaceX launches heavy telecom satellite, sticks high-seas landing

SpaceX launches heavy telecom satellite, sticks high-seas landing

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Enlarge / SpaceX launched a similar satellite, Telstar 19 Vantage, in July of this year. (credit: SpaceX)

12:55am ET Monday Update: A little more than an hour after its launch window opened-the delay was due to remnant thunderstorms in the area-SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida early on Monday morning. The rocket's first stage made a flawless flight and then descended to a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean and safely landed.

About 10 minutes after the launch, the rocket's second stage completed its initial burn, with a secondary burn and satellite deployment expected about 40 minutes after liftoff.

This was SpaceX's 16th mission of 2018. Two-thirds of the orbital launches from US soil this year have been flown by the California-based company.

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