Delta II returns to flight with first five Iridium satellites
McDonnell Douglas' Delta II booster returned to flight yesterday with an apparently flawless launch of the first five Iridium low Earth orbit communications satellites, the first of the so-called "Big LEO" platforms to reach space. A spokesperson for Iridium LLC said yesterday controllers had...
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