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Thursday, September 1, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Israel’s Space Agency confirms loss of Amos 6 satellite
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe head of Israel’s Space Agency, Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, confirms that the Israeli communications satellite Amos 6 was destroyed in the blast during pre-launch tests at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The technology website TechCruch says that the Amos 6 was also intended “to spot-beam broadband for Facebook’s Internet.org initiative.”
Sad to hear about explosion of #SpaceX rocket on launch pad this AM. Local (MLB) radar shows resultant smoke plume. pic.twitter.com/NpAMPzAqd9
— E. Horst (@HorstWeather) September 1, 2016
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