After two scrubs, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Wednesday night.

Strong upper level winds kept the rocket at the launch pad Tuesday evening and technical issues on Sunday and poor weather Monday pushed back the launch.

Prior to the launch, SpaceX said they would again try to land the rocket’s first stage on a barge several hundred miles off the Jacksonville coast. However, on Wednesday afternoon they announced they would not attempt the barge landing because of rough weather at sea.

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Wednesday’s attempt was the last until Feb. 20 because the moon’s lunar gravity would be in the way of the spacecraft during an eight-day blackout.

The rocket is carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Deep Space Climate Observatory — or DSCOVR — satellite.

The satellite, a partnership with NASA and the U.S. Air Force, will travel one million miles from Earth. There it will observe the Earth and detect solar winds from the sun, which impacts power grids, communication systems and satellites.