After a couple of delays, the launch of the SpaceX SES-8 mission has occurred. The spacecraft has obtained the transfer orbit (GTO) needed to place the payload into GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit).
As stated in my previous post, this is a first for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (as for SpaceX as a whole). Completion of this mission (and there is still a lot of mission left) will demonstrate SpaceX's ability to deliver payload to this much higher orbit.
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