The first IRIDE satellite—the Pathfinder Hawk—is now in orbit around Earth after lifting off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 14 January.
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The first IRIDE satellite—the Pathfinder Hawk—is now in orbit around Earth after lifting off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 14 January.
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