A Falcon 9 launch in January 2014. Photo: SpaceX.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on Monday launched a satellite developed by Thales Alenia Space for Turkmenistan.
Launch took place at 7:03 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. SpaceX said on its website the launch represented the Falcon 9’s fifth launch in four months and second liftoff in 13 days, beating its previous turnaround record by one day.
Falcon 9’s next launch is SpaceX’s seventh NASA Cargo Resupply Services mission (CRS-7) in June.