A 12 year campaign – including a two year, eight launch process – came to a successful conclusion for Iridium Communications on Friday, 11 January when the final batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites were successfully deployed into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Rounding out the launch campaign might have seemed like the end. Â But as with all missions, it was just the beginning as Iridium and their NEXT constellation is now primed to offer a full range of new capabilities.
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