SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 Iridium satellites

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 satellites for Iridium Communications has blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
The rocket lifted off at 7:13 a.m. Friday and arced over the Pacific west of Los Angeles.
The satellites are expected to be deployed into low Earth orbit about an hour after liftoff.
The Falcon 9’s first stage was previously launched on an Iridium mission last October and was recovered.
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