China launches first two Iridium replenishment satellites
Iridium LLC has launched its first two replenishment satellites, using a Chinese Long March 2C/SD launch vehicle to place one of the new spacecraft where it can take over for a satellite that has failed and to deploy the other as an on-orbit spare in the same orbital plane. A second launch at the...
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