Iridium Moves First NEXT Launch From April To July

PARIS – Iridium Communications Inc. has nixed plans to launch its first two Iridium NEXT satellites on a Russian Dnepr rocket in April, opting instead to lift a batch of 10 new-generation spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 in July. Iridium CEO Matt Desch says the decision was based on the inability...

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