Iridium Eyes Mid-June Launch for 2nd Batch of NEXT Satellites; Matt Desch Comments
Iridium Communications aims to launch the second batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to low Earth orbit in mid-June aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite communications company said Wednesday the original schedule for the second mission moved from mid-April due to a backlog in the SpaceX launch manifest. “Even with this eight-week shift, SpaceX’s targeted schedule completes our […] More