SpaceX Launches Space Weather Satellite DSCOVR : DNews — news.discovery.com

With technical issues resolved and clear skies, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida Wednesday to put a U.S. weather satellite into orbit to watch for potentially dangerous solar storms. VIDEO: SpaceX Launches Satellite to Track Space Weather SpaceX had hoped to the rocket’s spent first-stage booster, which separates three minutes after liftoff, would land on a platform in the ocean, part of the company’s continuing series of tests to develop reusable rockets.

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