SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with two O3b internet satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with a pair of O3b internet satellites for SES Friday evening from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but a last-minute abort for a Falcon Heavy mission later in the night prevented the company from pulling off a launch doubleheader. The Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral at 6:12 p.m. EDT (2212 UTC) sent the the second pair of Boeing-built satellites into space for SES’s O3b mPOWER network, a constellation of equatorial orbiting internet relay platforms for telecom operators and mobile connectivity services. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 29)