Photos: SpaceX Launches JCSAT-14 Satellite, Lands Rocket at Sea

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket in the Hangar

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket sits in the hangar at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida ahead of the planned May 6, 2016 launch of the JCSAT-14 communications satellite.

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