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20:58, 04-Jun-2018
SpaceX launches latest communication satellite with Falcon 9 rocket
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A communication satellite was successfully launched onboard a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 00:45 local time.
The SES-12 satellite is from SES, a Luxembourg-based telecom company, and will provide communications services to the Asian-Pacific and Middle East regions to meet the needs of video, fixed data, mobility and government customers.
According to SpaceX, the newly launched satellite will allow telephone companies, mobile network operators and Internet service providers to deliver more reliable cellular backhaul and faster broadband service.
Notably, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket used for the SES-12 mission previously supported the OTV-5 mission from Launch Complex 39A in September 2017. SpaceX will not attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage after the launch.
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