SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral; landing unsuccessful

The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket met a violent end Wednesday morning, but not before helping a pair of communications satellites fly gracefully into orbit. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on time at 10:29 a.m., rumbling southeast over the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX had hoped to achieve a fourth consecutive landing of a Falcon 9 booster on a ship stationed down range, a feat that would have made such landings start to look routine. But the booster came in too fast, resulting, CEO Elon Musk said, in a “RUD”: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly. In other words, it crashed. More

(Source: Florida Today - Jun 16)