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SpaceX launches Argentina's SAOCOM 1B satellite

Start: 30 Aug 2020 23:04 GMT

End: 30 Aug 2020 23:33 GMT

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CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SpaceX launches Argentina's SAOCOM 1B satellite, the first polar-trajectory mission from Florida in nearly 60 years. The polar launch, where SpaceX's Falcon 9 will exit Earth over Cuba instead of the Atlantic, is the first of more to come.

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2319GMT - launch

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