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SpaceX Falcon 9 ORBCOMM-2 Launch Planned

Monday, December 21st, 2015

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SpaceX Falcon 9 ORBCOMM-2 Launch Planned

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches June 28, 2015, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo: NASA.

The next Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 launch was planned for Monday night, the company and Air Force said the day before the launch.The Falcon 9 ORBCOMM2 launch, originally set for Sunday evening, was delayed to increase the chance that the rocket’s first stage may successfully land after completing the launch mission, Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO said on Twitter Sunday.The mission’s secondary objective is the first attempt to land the Falcon 9 rocket after it completes the primary…

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