Va. company to launch satellite with SpaceX

The Satellite Network Operations Center at Iridium is rehearsing for a new satellite to be launched on a SpaceX rocket that will start replacing an aging commercial constellation. Iridium, a company out of McLean, Virginia, worked with SpaceX to launch the first of 10 new satellites on the Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It’s all part of the new $3 billion NEXT constellation, a mission geared at replacing the aging commercial constellation being called the ‘largest tech refresh out there.’ More

(Source: WUSA9.com - Jan 5)