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SpaceX and Iridium Sign $492M Launch Contract

Posted by Soulskill on from the bringing-home-the-bacon dept.

FleaPlus writes "Following up on the successful first launch of their Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX has signed a $492M deal for launching several dozen satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation, the biggest commercial launch deal ever (teleconference notes). This is a needed boost for the US launch industry, which has dwindled to a fraction of the international market due to problematic ITAR arms regulations and high costs. SpaceX's next launch is scheduled for later this summer, carrying the first full version of the Dragon reusable capsule, which will run tests in orbit and then splash down off the California coast."

12 of 96 comments (clear)

  1. Re:employer monitoring saves innocent souls by Yaos · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell are you talking about?

  2. Re:employer monitoring saves innocent souls by MyLongNickName · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hi, you must be new to the internet. One of our rules here is "don't feed the trolls".

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    See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
  3. READ THIS!!!!! by TrisexualPuppy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    which will run tests in orbit and then splashdown off the California coast

    No matter how much you want it to be such, SPLASHDOWN IS NOT A VERB.

    Noun: splashdown
    Verb: splash down

    Very similar to the setup construct--

    Noun: setup
    Verb: set up


    If you are submitting an article, please get stuff straight. If your summary is a simple copy-paste because you are trying to be first and get your name on the front page, STOP IT. And before you pretend to be some literary scholar and tell me that English is a living language, let me just state that Slashdot (as well as other news outlets) is not the place to make such a move to create words on a whim.

    1. Re:READ THIS!!!!! by TrisexualPuppy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Nice, the old ad populum logical fallacy. Would you like to cite your reference on where you found out that most people accept splashdown as a verb, or would you rather toss my salad instead?

  4. Mod Parent Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nice grammar nazi, NICE

  5. MPU -=[Mod][Parent][Up]=- MPU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Read creative title.

  6. 'First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Much as Windows are 4ttending a and enjoy all the development model 220 running NT

  7. (m)od (p)arent (u)p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey mods! Mod parent up!

  8. MoD PaReNt Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mod par'nt uhhhhhppp

  9. Re:employer monitoring saves innocent souls by sv_libertarian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But... but... they make funny noises sometimes when you give them something.

  10. TOTAL NONSENSE by khallow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And before you pretend to be some literary scholar and tell me that English is a living language,

    While it is true that Slashdot is not the place for living languages, it is the place for abominations to nature. How are we ever going to get "splashdowned", if we don't support this noble work?

  11. MOD PARENT UP!!! by TrisexualPuppy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know you want to!!! ;)