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Delta 4 Launching the Wideband Global SATCOM 9 satellite purchased by allied nations in collaboration with the U.S. military's worldwide communications network, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral at 8:18 p.m. EDT (0018 GMT).
Falcon 9 A commercial SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule packed with a robot assistant for the International Space Station's crew, pouches of extra strong coffee, and a NASA science instrument designed to track the health of plants on Earth left Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Friday on a three-day pursuit of the orbiting research lab.
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