SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Of Iridium Satellites Postponed To Next Week
January 7, 2017
Private commercial space launch company SpaceX has been beset with troubles ever since the Sept.1 explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Elon Musk company originally planned to to resume flights in December 2016, and later pushed the date to Jan. 8, but will now fly some time next week at the earliest.
In a tweet Thursday, Elon Musk said: “All systems are go for launch next week.”