Tuesday is the planned launch for a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying two payloads to orbit — and this launch will be an especially interesting one. A set of five communications satellites for Iridium need to get to almost 500 miles up, but a NASA mission has to pop out at the 300 mile mark.
Spacex Rocket Will Make A Pit Stop 305 Miles Up To Deploy Nasa Satellites Before Moving On
Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch
Mon, 05/21/2018 - 2:51pm
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