SpaceX says Iridium satellite payload deployed

SpaceX says Iridium satellite payload deployedThe private firm SpaceX on Friday said a partially-reused rocket successfully launched and deployed the latest group of satellites to upgrade communication networks for Virginia-based company Iridium. "We have successful liftoff of the Falcon 9," a SpaceX commentator said after the rocket roared off with a tail of fiery exhaust from Vandenberg US Air Force base in California. It was the fifth set of 10 satellites that SpaceX has launched for Iridium, whose $3 billion project is expected to include a total of 81 satellites -- with 75 launched by SpaceX.




from https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-blasts-off-iridium-satellite-payload-161025828.html

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