VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Ten more satellites for Iridium Communications have been successfully launched into orbit.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 4:39 a.m. Wednesday and released the satellites about an hour later.
It was the seventh launch in Iridium’s $3 billion campaign to replace its entire fleet of globe-circling satellites and brought the number in orbit to 65. One more launch will increase the number to 75, including
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