Private space launches could benefit Pacific

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Updated September 5, 2008 16:16:33

A private company believes it will finally launch a commercial satellite into orbit from the Pacific later this month. Space X, which is based in California, uses the Ronald Reagan missile test range on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands to launch its Falcon rockets.

Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speaker: Space X senior mission manager, Max Vozoff

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