A total of 10 massive communication Satellites belonging to Iridium which is a Virginia based company has made its way to space after it was launched by spaceX from a Falcon 9 rocket. This would Elevate the global data Network Communication.
At about 5.37 a.m, the rocket propelled off from the Vandeberg Air Force Base in California.
Just seven minutes into the launch, the first stage of the falcon 9 made its way to Earth for an upright landing.
This vehicle part that fired the rocket engine was seen to have floated on the Pacific Ocean after making a controlled landing on the platform..
“A successful landing of the first stage,” SpaceX commentator John Innsbrucker said on the company’s live webcast, as applause erupted at SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne, California.
The landing was seen as a positive step as SpaceX now seeks to re-use costly rockets parts which would have normally on previous occasions, found it way into the ocean after launch.
The landing was seen as a positive step as SpaceX now seeks to re-use costly rockets parts which would have normally on previous occasions, found it way into the ocean after launch.
About 60 minutes later, there was confirmation from SpaceX that all satellites have successfully been deployed. .
“We are 10 for 10,” Innsbrucker said.
By 2018, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk who heads SpaceX would have launched a total of 75 satellites for Iridium satellite constellation.
Mondays launch made it the third of a possible eight which have been planned for the satellite company which is part of the ongoing $3 billion project to upgrade the company's global communicating network.
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