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SpaceX Launches Satellite for SES in Its 11th Mission This Year

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched the AsiaSat 6 satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 7th, 2014.

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. launched a satellite for long-time customer SES SA of Luxembourg early Monday, marking the company’s 11th mission of the year.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carried the payload from Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida at around 12:45 a.m. local time. The satellite will be deployed roughly 32 minutes after liftoff.