Launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg with Iridium NEXT Flight 3

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SpaceX have successfully launched their Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket today in a rocket launch that occurred at October 9th 2017 at 12:37 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Todays rocket launch lifted 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into orbit on the third flight for Iridium of a planned 8 launches. Iridium use Low Earth orbiting satellites in large constellations to provide mobile connectivity to users back on Earth.