SpaceX rocket launch in front of Facebook $200 million satellite was destroyed

SpaceX Falcon 9th rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force station launch pad explosion in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Launch pad is usually used to launch SpaceX company Falcon rocket, close to the United States at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Eyewitnesses on the scene saw a fireball, accompanied by explosions several times.

In several miles of the Kennedy Space Center could feel the shock wave and saw smoke rising from the launch pad, 40th.

SpaceX said in an issued statement, it was not clear the cause of the blast, and no one was injured in the explosion. SpaceX Falcon 9th rocket originally scheduled to be held Saturday for Facebook launched the first Internet satellite "Amos-6", but confirmed by SpaceX, the satellite has been completely destroyed.

AMOS-6 satellite weighing up to 5 tons by the Israel aircraft industry company, costing us $200 million

Earlier, SpaceX has successfully completed eight space launches, and a land and sea rocket recovery SpaceX is a ailong·masike was established in June 2002 of the United States space transport company, he was also CEO of the Tesla electric car, called the technology "the iron man".