Articles about Iridium

Relativity makes deals with Vandenberg AFB and Iridium for California launches

Relativity Space, a startup that was born in Seattle but grew up in Los Angeles, says it has signed an… Read More

SpaceX launches final batch of Iridium telecom satellites (and lands rocket)

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket deployed the eighth and final set of next-generation Iridium satellites into orbit today, closing off a… Read More

Iridium plans to launch CloudConnect satellite IoT system in partnership with Amazon Web Services

Iridium, the satellite communications network, announced Thursday that it intends to work with Amazon Web Services to connect the leading… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket puts 10 Iridium satellites in orbit, then lands in rough seas

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent 10 more Iridium NEXT telecommunications satellites into space today from a fogged-in California pad, then… Read More

SpaceX launches gravity-mapping probes plus another five Iridium telecom satellites

A refurbished SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sent two gravity-mapping satellites and five satellites for Iridium’s next-generation telecommunications network into orbit… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches fifth batch of Iridium NEXT telecom satellites

Another 10 next-generation Iridium telecommunications satellites were sent into orbit today aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg… Read More

SpaceX puts 10 Iridium telecom satellites in orbit – and creates a spectacle in the sky

SpaceX has sent 10 more satellites into orbit for the Iridium NEXT constellation, passing the halfway point in its 75-satellite… Read More

SpaceX launches 10 satellites for Iridium, then lands Falcon 9 booster at sea

SpaceX launched its third batch of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites from California today on a Falcon 9 rocket, then… Read More

SpaceX closes out a rocket doubleheader with Iridium launch and booster landing

Two days after launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida and landing it again, SpaceX accomplished the same feat in California,… Read More

SpaceX returns to flight with Iridium satellite launch – and rocket landing!

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off for the first time in five months to put 10 advanced Iridium Next telecommunication sateliites… Read More

SpaceX delays launch due to weather

SpaceX has postponed the return to flight for its Falcon 9 rocket until Jan. 14 at the earliest, due to… Read More

FAA closes the case on SpaceX’s rocket explosion and OKs Falcon 9 satellite launch

SpaceX has the all-clear to return its Falcon 9 rocket to flight next week after a four-month suspension due to a… Read More

SpaceX traces Falcon 9 blast to failed helium tank; return to flight set for Jan. 8

SpaceX says an investigation has concluded that the Sept. 1 explosion of its Falcon 9 rocket occurred due to the failure of… Read More

SpaceX targets early January for Falcon 9 rocket’s return to flight after explosion

SpaceX says it expects to finish its investigation of September’s fiery loss of a Falcon 9 rocket and its payload… Read More