SpaceX launches upgraded Falcon rocket on first orbital mission

Monday, September 30, 2013 - 11:01 in Astronomy & Space

The private spaceflight company SpaceX launched the first of its new and improved Falcon 9 rockets from the California coast on Sunday, succeeding with an ambitious test flight that also marked the company's first flight from the West Coast.The unmanned next-generation Falcon 9 v1.

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