SpaceX's Iridium and  OneWeb Satellite payload delivery Mission | May 20, 2023
Channel: Hacking Space Frontier
Date: 2023-05-20

A SpaceX rocket soared into the California morning sky to deliver two mini-fleets of satellites into orbit, then landed at sea on Friday (May 20), capturing amazing video along the way. 

The Falcon 9 rocket, topped with 21 satellites for the companies Iridium and OneWeb,  lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4 East Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:16 a.m. EDT (1316GMT; 6:16 a.m. local California time). 

The successful launch came one day after a last-minute abort on Friday, when SpaceX called off the flight just 55 seconds before liftoff.