SpaceX Sets New Record With Successful Launch of Heaviest Communications Satellite

Update: July 31, 8:57 a.m. ET: SpaceX successfully launched EchoStar 24 (Jupiter 3), with Falcon Heavy blasting off on Saturday July 28 at 11:04 p.m. ET. The rocket successfully deployed the 9.2-metric-ton communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit, and both side boosters performed successful landings.…

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