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SpaceX launches second satellite in the past month
by Thor Benson
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Sep 7, 2014


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SpaceX, a company known for delivering cargo to the International Space Station, successfully launched the AsiaSat 6 satellite into orbit on Sunday. This is the second successful mission SpaceX has launched for AsiaSat, a Hong Kong company, for the goal of broadcasting internet and video to parts of Asia. The satellite is designed to remain in orbit for a minimum of 15 years. The launch occurred without any complications or difficulties, according to reports.

SpaceX has made history as a company. It is the "only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments," according to their website.

SpaceX is in talks with NASA about possibly transporting astronauts sometime in the next few years.

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