A RUSSIAN PROTON BOOSTER SUCCESSFULLY
Launched seven spacecraft into low-Earth orbit for the Iridium satellite mobile telephone venture. The Sept. 13 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan marked the fifth launch of Iridium satellites in five months. The venture now has 29 of its 66 operational satellites in orbit. Meanwhile...
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