Following a pair of last-second launch aborts over two days, the third attempt worked for SpaceX on Wednesday as it blasted a large commercial communications satellite into orbit without a hitch. The evening blastoff, which occurred without any countdown delays or technical problems from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, avoided a repeat of the automated safety warnings that scrubbed previous launch attempts Sunday and Monday just...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 06, 2017 00:00 UTC