SpaceX to launch ninth batch of Iridium NEXT satellites
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
When SpaceX completed its eighth and (at the time) final Iridium launch in January 2019, the communications provider was left with nine NEXT satellite spares in orbit and six spares on the ground – all ready to take over (or be launched) in the event of an anomaly. billion – have proven exceptionally reliable.
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