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SpaceX Successfully Launches JCSAT-16 And Lands Falcon 9 First Stage On Droneship

Monday, August 29th, 2016

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully launched the JCSAT-16 commercial communications satellite and landed the first stage Falcon 9 rocket on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean early on the morning of August 14.The JCSAT-16 is a Space Systems Loral (SSL) telecommunications satellite carrying Ku-band and Ka-Band transponders and is meant to function as an in-orbit back-up for the Tokyo, Japan-based SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation’s satellite television services.The company offers video distribution and data transfer communications services in the Asia,…

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