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![DSCOVR Launch on top of Falcon 9 Rocket](https://www.mytechbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/falcon9-launch-dscovr.jpg)
Space Weather Satellite DSCOVR Launched
The tsunami buoy of space has been launched; the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) will be used to monitor the sun and space weather. The satellite was launched from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. The satellite will be able to give advanced warnings from sudden outbursts of solar
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Second Global Xpress satellite launched
Inmarsat (a UK satellite telecommunications company) has launched the second Global Xpress satellite (I5 series) into a super-synchronous transfer orbit at 04:02 GTM on Monday. It is 7m long and weighs 6.1 tonnes. The satellite was launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on board a Proton M rocket. Global Xpress is