Proton launches seven more Iridium satellites to LEO
A Russian Proton booster successfully lifted seven more Iridium telecommunications satellites toward their low Earth orbit yesterday, raising the growing constellation to 12 satellites of a planned 66, and starting a second orbital plane for the planned worldwide network. Liftoff of the huge Russian...
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