SpaceX says Iridium satellite payload deployed

The private firm SpaceX on Friday said a partially-reused rocket successfully launched and deployed the latest group of satellites to upgrade communication networks for Virginia-based company Iridium."We have successful liftoff of the Falcon 9," a SpaceX commentator said after the rocket roared off with a tail of fiery exhaust from Vandenberg US Air Force base in California.It was the fifth set of 10 satellites that SpaceX has launched for Iridium, whose $3 billion project is expected to include