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LOS ANGELES: A SpaceX rocket blasted off early on Friday carrying a US-French satellite designed to conduct an unprecedented global survey of Earth’s surface waters, a mission expected to shed new light on the mechanics and consequences of climate change. The Falcon 9 booster, owned and operated by Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company, lit up the pre-dawn sky along California’s …

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