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SpaceX launches 10 new Iridium Communications satellites; old Iridium satellites to be deorbitted
•Ten new satellites for Iridium Communications Inc. have been carried into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base.
SpaceX successfully launches communications satellite, the third successful launch in 12 days
Ians •The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Wednesday evening at 7.38 p.m. (local time) from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, delivering the satellite called the Intelsat 35e to a geostationary transfer orbit.
US launches unarmed long-range ballistic missile, as tensions with North Korea intensify
•An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from California early Wednesday morning, in a test of the weapon system that is part of the US nuclear force
SpaceX plans to return to flight on 8 January with Falcon rocket
Fp Archives •Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of them burst into flames on a launch pad four months ago, the company said on Monday.