SpaceX launched the CSG-2 satellite on Monday (Jan. 31) after four consecutive delays. The gorgeous sunset liftoff was very much worth the wait, as these photos show.
The two-stage rocket, which carried an Italian satellite meant to observe Earth for emergency prevention, strategy, scientific and commercial purposes, lifted off Monday at 6.11pm.
A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the CSG-2 radar satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday (Jan. 30) at 6:11 p.m. EST (2311 GMT).