Falcon 9 makes a late night delivery

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches into the clouds carrying the commercial communication satellite AsiaSat 6 into orbit at 1:00 a.m. on 7 September 2014 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. AsiaSat 6 will provide video distribution and broadband network services across Asia, Australasia, Central Asia, and the Pacific Islands with optimized power and look angles over the Pacific Rim countries. View more at http://www.lunarcabin.com/Rocket_Launches/rocket_launch_index.html
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A bit of a lightning show far out over the Atlantic from some of the leftover storms from earlier in the day made the wait for the launch a little more interesting.

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