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[ad_1] SpaceX's most powerful operational rocket successfully carried the world's largest commercial communications satellite into orbit high above Earth.Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s three-fuselage Falcon Heavy took off with the massive payload at 11:04 p.m. local time Friday from the company's launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The satellite was deployed about three and a half hours after liftoff. Weighing more than nine metric tons and roughly the size of a bus, the Jupiter 3 satellite will provide wireless internet connectivity over North and South America. It will be operated by Hughes Network Systems, a unit of satellite communications company EchoStar Corp. Elon Musk's SpaceX opted not to recover the center core of its Falcon Heavy rocket to ensure it h...

[ad_1] SpaceX's most powerful operational rocket successfully took off Friday evening, carrying the world's largest commercial communications satellite en route to orbit high above Earth.Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s three-fuselage Falcon Heavy ferried the massive payload into orbit at 11:04 p.m. local time from the company's launchpad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The flight is ongoing and deployment of the satellite is slated for about three and a half hours after liftoff. Weighing more than nine metric tons and roughly the size of a bus, the Jupiter 3 satellite will provide wireless internet connectivity over North and South America. It will be operated by Hughes Network Systems, a unit of satellite communications company EchoStar Corp. Elon Musk's SpaceX opted ...

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Deploys Massive Satellite

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Lofts Massive Satellite Into Space