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Falcon 9 rocket launches first commercial telecom payload
From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: Dec 4, 2013 3:07 PM
Subject: Falcon 9 rocket launches first commercial telecom payload
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