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SpaceX launches communications satellite

NASA/Kim Shiflett

<p>Photos of SpaceX/CRS-8 at Pad 40 prior to launch.</p>

By: WFTS Digital Staff

Posted at 4:18 PM, Dec 16, 2019

and last updated 2019-12-16 20:41:45-05

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Monday.

The rocket, JCSAT-18/Kacific1, is a communication satellite, according to Kennedy Space Center.

It will provide mobile and broadband services across the Asia-Pacific region.

The launch took place at 7:10 p.m. EST.