Used SpaceX Rocket Launches Satellite, Then Lands in Historic 1st Reflight – Space.comby wpjljron Friday, March 31st, 2017.Used SpaceX Rocket Launches Satellite, Then Lands in Historic 1st Reflight – Space.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared off a seaside launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center here today (March 30) on an unprecedented second mission to deliver a spacecraft into orbit, proving the booster’s reusability. The two-stage, 23-story-tall rocket lifted off at 6:27 p.m. EDT (2227 GMT) in […] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared off a seaside launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center here today (March 30) on an unprecedented second mission to deliver a spacecraft into orbit, proving the booster’s reusability.