An unmanned Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off Wednesday from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. On board is the Deep Space Climate Observatory, which will head toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away.
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