SpaceX rocket launches Canadian satellite into orbit

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday morning during 12:45 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida, after sleet and pale continue behind a launch by over an hour. 

The rocket was carrying Canada’s Telstar 18 Vantage communication satellite. It was deployed approximately 32 mins after lift off, according to SpaceX.

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The reusable rocket, tailored for contingent crewed missions for NASA, returned to earth following theatre subdivision and landed safely on a worker boat in a Atlantic Ocean.

Article source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/spacex-telestar-18-1.4816947?cmp=rss