![Smoke rises from a SpaceX launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida.](/web/20160901151617im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/6/y/c/c/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gr6ycd.png/1472742252055.jpg)
SpaceX rocket explodes during a test firing in Cape Canaveral
SpaceX said there were no injuries, but that an 'anomaly' during the static fire test resulted in the loss of the rocket and the Israeli communications satellite it had been due to carry into space at the weekend.