Video: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 Rocket Carrying JCSAT-18/Kacific1 Satellite

© REUTERS / JOE SKIPPERA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – SpaceX successfully launched on Monday a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 commercial communications satellite, the company said in a statement. The launch and satellite deployment were broadcast live by the SpaceX.

"Successful deployment of JCSAT-18/Kacific1 confirmed!" SpaceX wrote on its official Twitter page, shortly after the scheduled launch at 07:10 p. m. EST on Monday (12:10 GMT on Tuesday).

​The JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 satellite will be operated by two companies: SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Kacific Broadband Satellites.

​The satellite will provide broadband internet to Northern and South East Asia, the Northern Pacific and parts of southern Alaska.

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