SpaceX Falcon 9 Thunders to Space with Thai Comsat - Scores Double Headed Win with 3rd Straight Booster Landing

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL. - Atop a billowing plume of fire and smoke a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared to space this afternoon, Friday, May 27, as the crackling thunder of the engines roared across the Florida space coast and the company scored a stunning double headed launch and landing success. The 229 foot-tall (70 meter) Falcon 9 successfully delivered a 7000 pound commercial Thai telecommunications satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) and the first stage booster succe...