The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 8:37 a.m. EDT (1237 GMT/5:37 a.m. EDT), carrying 10 satellites for Iridium Communications, as part of the company’s Iridium Next constellation. The first stage of the two-stage Falcon 9 landed on SpaceX’s drone ship “Just Read the Instructions” in the Pacific about 7.5 minutes after the launch.
Successful deployment of 10 @IridiumComm NEXT satellites to low-Earth orbit confirmed. pic.twitter.com/w6pzeefmzO
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 9, 2017
The last of ten Iridium global communication satellites delivered to orbit several hundred miles… https://t.co/TG7hNkltQd
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 9, 2017
Falcon 9 first stage has landed on Just Read the Instructions. pic.twitter.com/CS40cSiqSP
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 9, 2017
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