SpaceX Flies Satellites for Iridium, NASA in 10th Launch of 2018

22 May by Vitaliy Dadalyan

SpaceX Flies Satellites for Iridium, NASA in 10th Launch of 2018

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. launched satellites Tuesday for longtime customers Iridium Communications Inc. and NASA, reusing part of a previously flown rocket for its 10th mission of 2018. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California’s central coast about 12:47 p.m. local time. Five Iridium NEXT satellites were launched as part of the company’s campaign to replace the world’s largest commercial satellite network.

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