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It also has solutions that should prevent a repeat of its launch pad explosion.

The Calif.-based company, owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, has proposed an orbiting digital communications array that would eventually consist of 4,425 satellites.

The Calif.-based company, owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, has proposed an orbiting digital communications array that would eventually consist of 4,425 satellites.

No one was hurt in the explosion, which could be heard 30 miles (48 km) away from SpaceX’s launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The space services company suspended Falcon 9 flights while it investigates why the rocket burst into flames on Sept. 1.

A SpaceX-led accident investigation is underway, overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration’s Commercial Space Transportation office.

A Spacecom communications satellite was destroyed last week by an explosion at SpaceX’s Florida launch site.

People in buildings several miles from the facility said they felt the explosion, but local authorities said residents were not at risk.

It’s the fourth time a SpaceX rocket has landed on the drone ship, which is stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, and the sixth time one of the company’s space vehicles has landed back on Earth.

The 23-story-tall Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:45 a.m. EDT.