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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

February 11, 2015 Last updated at 23:45 GMT Clock

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying an unmanned space weather satellite was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on his third attempt.

Problems with a tracking radar Air Force and the bad weather had forced the postponement of the launch.

The task of monitoring changes in the solar wind to warn changes that meteorologists satellites, power grids and communications systems.

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