SpaceX launches -- and lands -- Falcon 9 rocket from Space Coast

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — If you had clear enough skies, you got quite a show in the skies Thursday afternoon.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.

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The unmanned rocket carried a communications satellite built by Mitsubishi and owned by the nation of Qatar.

SpaceX completed a successful static test fire on Monday.

The rocket launched successfully at 3:46 p.m. when the launch window opened.