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On Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched one of their 'Full Thrust' Falcon 9 rocket with the KoreaSat 5A telecommunications satellite. The rocket lifted off at 3:34 p.m. EDT (19:34 GMT) at the very start of a two hour and 24 minute long launch window, The mission was the 16th of a manifest of some 20 planned flights. KoreaSat 5A lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A located in Florida. Photos courtesy: Carleton Bailie, Mike Howard, Jim Siegel