SpaceX Launches Final Iridium Next Satellites

Credit: Iridium-8 launch: SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched the Iridium-8 mission via a Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 11, deploying into orbit the final installment of the $3 billion Iridium Next satellite constellation and ushering in a new era of global tracking and communications capabilities for commercial aviation. The two-stage...

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