Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched a reused Falcon 9 rocket for the third time this year. Overall, it was the private space company’s 15th rocket launch of 2017. The rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida around 7 p.m. Eastern, carrying a satellite that will be used by Echostar Corp. and Taiwan’s SES . The rocket’s first stage successfully landed moments later on a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. On Monday, SpaceX launched a non-refurbished Falcon 9 rocket, which also successfully blasted off and landed.
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