Elon Musk announces December 19 launch date for next Falcon 9 rocket [feedly]

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Elon Musk announces December 19 launch date for next Falcon 9 rocket
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

SpaceX is heading back into orbit with founder and CEO Elon Musk announcing that a Falcon 9 rocket launch is scheduled for December 19. The improved version of the rocket is set to lift off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and will carry 11 Orbcomm OG-2 communication satellites into low Earth orbit. This marks the first flight of the Falcon 9 since the June 28 mid-air explosion of the CRS-7 mission shortly after launch.

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