A Falcon 9 rocket carrying an Italian Earth observation satellite finally launched Monday afternoon after four delays, including one that was caused by a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that wandered too close to the coast of Cape Canaveral on Sunday.The two-stage rocket, which carried a Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 satellite, lifted off Monday at 6:11pm, according to .The skies were so clear that onlookers could watch the 156-foot booster, or first stage of the rocket, separate from the payload and fall back to Earth - something that SpaceX has pulled off 104 times so far.
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