WATCH REPLAY: SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket From Vandenberg Air Force Base Sunday
By Space Coast Daily // June 25, 2017
landed Falcon 9 first stage on drone ship
WATCH LIVE: SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sunday.
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE – SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sunday at 4:25:14 p.m. EDT; 1:25:14 p.m. PDT.
The Falcon 9 rocket launched 10 next-generation Iridium NEXT satellites – they are satellites 11 through 20 of what will be a 70-satellite constellation to boost Iridum’s mobile communications network.
The first 10 satellites launched earlier this year in January.
SpaceX landed the Falcon 9 first stage on one of the company’s drone ships in the Pacific Ocean.
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