James Dean, and Emre Kelly

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SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 40 at 1:21 a.m. Eastern time with the JCSAT-14 communications satellite.

The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket also appeared to successfully land on the company's autonomous ship in the Atlantic Ocean.