SpaceX to Resume Launches later this week

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The impending mission carries huge stakes for both SpaceX and Iridium. Mr. Musk’s company, which has a roughly a $10 billion backlog of launch contracts, seeks to show commercial and U.S. government customers it can bounce back and speed up its launch tempo.


SpaceX Plans to Resume Rocket Launches
 
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The Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5.54pm UK time today to put 10 satellites into orbit for the Iridium communications company.

IRIDIUM-1 MISSION | SpaceX

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According to Sky News, the launch went OK, but no word (that I have come across) to say that the launch vehicle is to be recovered.
 
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