SpaceX launches rocket with 24 satellites

By By Marcia Dunn
Updated June 25 2019 - 6:08pm, first published 6:05pm
A SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket had a middle-of-the-night launch, carrying 24 satellites.
A SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket had a middle-of-the-night launch, carrying 24 satellites.

SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail, a clean and green rocket fuel testbed, and even human ashes.

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