SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Base in California on Friday, Dec. 22 to deliver 10 satellites to low-Earth Orbit, the space transport company said in press release.
The 10 IridiumSM NEXT satellites are the fourth in a series of satellite deliveries that will replace the world’s largest satellite network.
Get daily National news
Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.
By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
READ MORE: SpaceX launches recycled rocket: ‘Quite an achievement’
- Calgary area ‘very uniquely situated’ for study of hailstorms, says researcher
- New Asia Highlands exhibit, with some new species, opens at the Calgary Zoo
- Scientists find sugar in the Milky Way. It could help answer a cosmic mystery
- Meta to build $13 billion data centre in Alberta, largest outside the U.S.
SpaceX said completion of this process will be one of the largest “tech upgrades” in history.
“The process of replacing the satellites one-by-one in a constellation of this size and scale has never been completed before,” SpaceX said in a statement.
Comments
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.