SpaceX gets new launch order, targets mid-February for next satellite launch

SpaceX has landed a new order from satellite operator Iridium Communications Inc. to launch five satellites. The Hawthorne space company already had a contract with Iridium for a total of seven launches on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, one of which took place earlier this month. This additional launch will be Iridium’s eighth with SpaceX. The five satellites are scheduled to launch in early 2018 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, according to a statement Tuesday from Iridium. More

(Source: Los Angeles Times - Feb 1)