Falcon 9 Iridium-1 launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, carrying 10 Iridium Next satellites.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Jan. 14 and successfully delivered ten Iridium Communications satellites into polar orbit.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...