SpaceX Launches Satellite for Taiwan From California

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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (AP) -- An Earth-observation satellite for Taiwan's National Space Organization was launched into orbit from California on Thursday.

The Formosat-5 satellite lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Air Force Base at 11:51 a.m. atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which successfully landed its first stage on a drone ship floating in the Pacific Ocean as the second stage continued on and deployed the satellite.