{"id":18775,"date":"2017-10-09T21:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-launches-10-satellites-for-iridium-then-lands-falcon-9-booster-at-sea\/"},"modified":"2017-10-09T21:00:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T13:00:56","slug":"spacex-launches-10-satellites-for-iridium-then-lands-falcon-9-booster-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-launches-10-satellites-for-iridium-then-lands-falcon-9-booster-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches 10 satellites for Iridium, then lands Falcon 9 booster at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_367846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367846\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-367846\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171009-spacex2-630x354.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX Falcon 9 launch\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171009-spacex2-630x354.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171009-spacex2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171009-spacex2-1260x709.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/171009-spacex2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-367846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California\u2019s Vandenberg Air Force Base. (USAF via YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX launched its third batch of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites from California today on a Falcon 9 rocket, then brought down the first-stage booster for a landing on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The launch was the first of two planned this week by SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 5:37 a.m. PT, loaded up&nbsp;with satellites that are destined to become part of Iridium\u2019s $3 billion next-generation constellation for broadband data services.<\/p>\n<p>The constellation will eventually comprise 66 operational satellites, plus orbital spares. SpaceX sent up two earlier batches of 10, in January and June, as part of an eight-launch deal with Iridium.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SpaceX Launches 10 Iridium Satellites Atop Falcon 9 Rocket\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EglFZRFBoTA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9\u2019s second stage separated and proceeded to orbit for satellite deployment. Meanwhile, the first stage fired up its engines and began a series of autonomously executed maneuvers, guiding itself back down toward \u201cJust Read the Instructions,\u201d a floating landing pad hundreds of miles off the California coast.<\/p>\n<p>A webcam on the ship caught the booster\u2019s landing:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=917370442272215041&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Fspacex-launches-10-satellites-iridium-lands-booster-sea%2F&amp;sessionId=839fc7e083395af607fe8443021666d88570cb24&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782801991824135617=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Falcon 9 first stage has landed on Just Read the Instructions. pic.twitter.com\/CS40cSiqSP<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 9, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Over the hour that followed, the Falcon 9 second stage released Iridium\u2019s satellites, one by one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re 10 for 10, again, a clean sweep of Iridium Next satellite deployments in the desired final orbit,\u201d SpaceX launch commentator John Insprucker reported during today\u2019s webcast.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Iridium and SpaceX said the initial checkouts indicated that all 10 satellites were healthy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; 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It came a little more than eight hours after a Chinese Long March 2D rocket sent a Venezuelan imaging satellite into orbit, and a little less than 12 hours before a Japanese H-2A rocket was due to launch a navigation satellite&nbsp;to boost GPS service in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is gearing up for another Falcon 9 launch on Wednesday, this time from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. That mission is aimed at putting the SES-11\/EchoStar-105 satellite into geostationary orbit to provide satellite TV and data services.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s launch marked the 14th Falcon 9 liftoff of 2017, keeping SpaceX on track for a record-setting 20 launches in the course of a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California\u2019s Vandenberg Air Force Base. 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