SpaceX launches cluster of Iridium satellites
American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX has made a comeback by successfully launching and landing its first rocket since a costly launch pad explosion.
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation sent an unmanned Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday to deploy a cargo of 10 satellites for Iridium communications company to the orbit.
SpaceX had a lot at stake with this flight since its last attempt of test firing a launch in September, ended in failure. But on top of a successful takeoff from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, the US based aerospace company demonstrated an increased mastery of rocket control by landing the rocket’s first stage booster on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.
The successful project adds to SpaceX’s credibility since the Falcon 9 rocket is at the core of all their missions. A three billion dollar project to send at least 70 Iridium satellites to low-earth orbit is up next on SpaceX’s schedule.
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