SpaceX launches first rocket since September explosion

SpaceX on Saturday launched its first rocket since the September explosion in Florida that halted the company’s Falcon 9 program, The Associated Press reported.

The Falcon 9 took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and landed on a “droneship” in the Pacific Ocean.

Approximately an hour after the rocket had been launched, it deployed satellites.

{mosads}NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Air Force and the National Transportation Safety Board investigated the September explosion, which was due to the failure of a helium tank.

According to USA Today, SpaceEx wants to launch another commercial satellite from Florida as early as Jan. 26 should the Saturday mission be successful.