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Falcon 9 launch lights up Southern California sky
Take a look back at the Dec. 22 liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a launch that was visible across Southern California and as far away as Arizona as the booster climbed into sunlight at dusk to deliver 10 commercial Iridium communications satellites to orbit. The 229-foot-tall…
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SpaceX launch dazzles, delivering 10 more satellites for Iridium
Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Putting on a holiday light show for Southern California and much of the desert southwest, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired into a twilight sky from the Pacific coastline Friday night to add 10 new satellites to Iridium’s upgraded communications network. The two-stage, kerosene-fueled rocket climbed into the rarefied upper…
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Video: Iridium payload released from Falcon 9 rocket in orbit
Watch a replay from a camera mounted on-board SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as it released one of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites Monday nearly 400 miles above Earth. The rocket carried 10 satellites mounted on a two-tier dispenser atop the Falcon 9 second stage. Once the rocket achieved the planned circular orbit, computers sent commands…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket’s predawn launch from California
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 new satellites for Iridium’s upgraded communications network in low Earth orbit. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Iridium payloads climbed away from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 5:37:01 a.m. PDT…
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SpaceX launch adds another 10 satellites to Iridium Next fleet
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaked into orbit before dawn Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ian Dudley Ten more satellites for Iridium’s upgraded voice and data communications fleet rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into a nearly 400-mile-high orbit from California’s Central Coast Monday. A…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California, lands in Pacific
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 next-generation Iridium communications satellites. SpaceX’s live video coverage begins at approximately 8:22 a.m. EDT (1222 GMT; 5:22 a.m. PDT). Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow…
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Video: Launch to landing replay of Monday’s Falcon 9 flight
Watch this replay of Monday’s liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, followed by touchdown of the booster’s first stage on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket took off from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4-East at 5:37:01 a.m. PDT (8:37:01 a.m. EDT; 1237:01…
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Timeline for Falcon 9’s third launch of Iridium satellites
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with the third set of 10 next-generation satellites for Iridium’s voice and data relay fleet. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket will lift off Monday at 5:37 a.m. PDT (8:37 a.m. EDT; 1237 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Data source: SpaceX T-0:00:00:…
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Photos: SpaceX preps Falcon 9 rocket for launch from Vandenberg
SpaceX aims to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 new satellites for Iridium’s tracking and message relay constellation in low Earth orbit. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is set to lift off from Space Launch Complex 4-East at 5:37 a.m. PDT (8:37 a.m. EDT; 1237 GMT) Monday.…
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Iridium’s third batch of new satellites set for Monday launch
The third set of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites were prepared for launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base over the last month. Credit: Iridium Ten new satellites for Iridium’s $3 billion next-generation communications network are set for launch Monday from California’s Central Coast aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission’s Falcon 9 booster passed…