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Video: Iridium payload released from Falcon 9 rocket in orbit
Watch a replay from a camera mounted on-board SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket as it released one of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites Monday nearly 400 miles above Earth.
SpaceX launch adds another 10 satellites to Iridium Next fleet
Ten more satellites for Iridium's upgraded voice and data communications fleet rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into a nearly 400-mile-high orbit from California's Central Coast Monday.
Video: Launch to landing replay of Monday’s Falcon 9 flight
Watch this replay of Monday's liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, followed by touchdown of the booster's first stage on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California, lands in Pacific
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 a.m. PDT (8:37 a.m. EDT; 1237 GMT) Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the third set of 10 new-generation satellites for Iridium's voice and data relay network. The Falcon 9's first stage booster successfully landed on a platform in the Pacific Ocean a few minutes after liftoff.
Photos: SpaceX preps Falcon 9 rocket for launch from Vandenberg
SpaceX aims to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 new satellites for Iridium's tracking and message relay constellation in low Earth orbit.
Timeline for Falcon 9’s third launch of Iridium satellites
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket's ascent to orbit with the third set of 10 next-generation satellites for Iridium's voice and data relay fleet.
Iridium’s third batch of new satellites set for Monday launch
Ten new satellites for Iridium's $3 billion next-generation communications network are set for launch Monday from California's Central Coast aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch of TV broadcast satellite
Liftoff of a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a European-built television broadcast satellite has been pushed back from Saturday until at least next Wednesday night, officials said.
Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster test-fired for weekend launch
SpaceX test-fired a reused Falcon 9 booster Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, checking the rocket's readiness for a planned liftoff Saturday with an Airbus-built commercial communications satellite.
Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired in Florida
A previously-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster conducted a test-firing Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of a planned launch Oct. 7 with an Airbus-built communications satellite made for SES and EchoStar.