On Monday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has lifted off from Florida, to carry the company’s first satellite for the US military. The event breaks a 10-year monopoly held by a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The 23-story tall rocket took off from a seaside launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center early morning. It will put into orbit a classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, an agency within the Defense Department that operates the nation’s spy satellites. Monday’s launch was the 34th mission for SpaceX and the fifth of more than 20 flights planned for this year.
