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Monday, October 09, 2017
 
Space-X launched 10 Iridium-NEXT Satellites (mass 860 kg each + 1000 kg dispenser) and landed.
Space-X launched 10 Iridium-NEXT Satellites (mass 860 kg each + 1000 kg dispenser) and landed. Launching them on anything other than Falcon-9 is stupid:
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Of the ninety-five [first-gen mass 689 kg] satellites launched, 60 were deployed in groups of five by Delta II rockets flying from Vandenberg Air Force Base, 21 were carried in three groups of seven aboard Proton-K/Blok-DM2 rockets flying from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, six pairs were launched by Chang Zheng 2C/SD vehicles flying from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre and a further pair was launched aboard a Rokot/Briz-KM from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
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https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/spacex-falcon-9-launch-third-set-iridium-satellites/
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/10/spacex-falcon-9-launch-third-set-iridium-satellites/

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