Satellite will offer rare live view of Earth

Commercial space company SpaceX has launched a satellite which will study weather in space and warn about dangerous solar flares.

The project was the brain-child of former US Vice President Al Gore, who conceived of the idea in 1998.

The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off earlier from Cape Canaveral after a series of scrubs for weather and technical problems.

Steve Mort reports from Florida.

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