"Exciting SpaceX Launches: Lightning Strikes and Communication Satellites Deployed"
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SpaceX is set to launch two SES O3b mPower satellites on its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch window opens at 5:12 p.m. EDT, and the webcast is expected to begin 15 minutes before launch. The Falcon 9's first stage will return to Earth and land on the SpaceX droneship Just Read the Instructions. The two satellites will become the third and fourth members of SES' O3b mPower constellation, which will provide low-latency communications services to customers around the world.
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