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June 26, 2019

SpaceX launches hefty rocket with 24 satellites, experiments

By MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail, a clean and green rocket fuel testbed, and even human ashes.

It was the third flight of a Falcon Heavy rocket, but the first ordered by the military.


 
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