SpaceX's first customer ready to go like a rocket

01 September 2016 - 09:58
By Reuters

Elon Musk's SpaceX has signed its first customer to use a previously flown rocket, with the launch planned for later this year, the company said this week. The launch for Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES SA SESFg.LU will mark the first commercial reuse of a Falcon 9 rocket, which is crucial to efforts by technology entrepreneur Musk's Space Exploration Technologies to reduce the cost of space launches.

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