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WATCH | SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch 10 Iridium Next satellites Monday morning

WATCH | SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch 10 Iridium Next satellites Monday morning
Posted at 6:54 AM, Oct 09, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-09 06:57:12-04

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 satellites for the Iridium Next mobile communications fleet on Monday morning. 

The launch was delayed from October 4, 2017. 

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Liftoff is set for 8:37 a.m. EDT (1237 GMT/5:37 a.m. PDT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 

The rocket will launch 10 satellites for a planned constellation of 66 Iridium satellites that will offer global broadband services, according to space.com. 

SpaceX will attempt to land the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. 

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