SpaceX rocket takes off in heavy fog from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base

SpaceX rocket takes off in heavy fog from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base
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Summary SpaceX completed its second 'land landing' on the West Coast successfully.

CALIFORNIA (Reuters) - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Wednesday morning (June 12) from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, launching three Canadian satellites into orbit.

The launch, SpaceX s seventh this year, took place amid heavy fog which obscured the launchpad. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:17 local time (1417 GMT).

SpaceX completed its second  land landing  on the West Coast successfully, the company said in a tweet after the rocket came back.

The three satellites on board the rocket were RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM), built by the U.S. space technology company, system.scripts. Technologies.

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