Five more Iridium satellites launched, this time on a Delta II

Iridium launched another five of its low Earth orbit communications satellites yesterday, this time aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta II rocket flying from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 2 came at 9:04 a.m. EDT, and all five satellites later reached their proper initial...

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