SpaceX Aims To Disrupt Launch Markets
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Successful launch of the SES-8 commercial communications satellite by Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Falcon 9 v1.1 booster on Dec. 3 could signal a seismic shift in the launch-vehicle market. Not only was the launch SpaceX's first for a commercial payload to a geostationary transfer orbit...
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