SpaceX Launches SES-9 after Overcoming Propellant Problems

Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX notched another commercial satellite launch March 4 after apparently coming to grips with a problem with its superchillled propellants that thwarted two Falcon 9 launch attempts in February. As on previous attempts, the company also tried to return the first stage to a tail-down landing on a...

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