Three landings in a row.

A day after a scrubbed attempt, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Coast at 5:39 p.m. Friday after Thursday's attempt was scrubbed.

A glitch was found in the rocket's upper stage, so the team decided to postpone the launch by 24 hours "out of an abundance of caution."

The Falcon 9 rocket is carrying a 7,000-pound THAICOM-8 commercial communications satellite into orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Thaicom is one of Asia's leading satellite operators and the satellite will provide broadcast and data services for Thailand, Southeast Asia, India and Africa.

SpaceX then successfully landed the first stage of the rocket on the company's autonomous droneship about 680 kilometers off the Brevard County coast. It was the third successful ship landing and the fourth altogether. The company also landed the first stage on land.


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This was the first of four launches for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station scheduled through July. United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket June 4, and an Atlas V rocket June 24. Then, SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station on July 16.

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