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          arrow advertisements SpaceX launch of upgraded Falcon
rocket sets several firsts  SpaceX's first upgraded Falcon 9
rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch
Complex 4E. (SpaceX) This has been updated to include Elon
Musk's post-flight remarks.     CASSIOPE was launched to conduct
space environment research and demonstrate telecommunication
technology. Its scientific payload — Canada's first space
environment sensor suite — will observe space storms in Earth's
upper atmosphere to study their potential impacts. The
satellite's technology demonstrator will provide a "proof-of-
concept" for storing and transmitting very large digital data
files.  Artist's concept of the Cascade Smallsat and Ionospheric
Polar Explorer (CASSIOPE) satellite. (MacDonald, Dettwiler and
Assoc.) In addition to CASSIOPE, t