The American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company SpaceX has successfully lifted off to space ten satellites by its Falcon 9 rocket in a recent rocket launch at Vandenberg Air force Base in California. The satellites will make low-Earth orbit for the Virginia-based communications company Iridium.

Six additional Falcon 9 rocket launches are set for the coming days for SpaceX to carry sixty other satellites of Iridium. The company planned to replace its 66 satellites currently orbiting Earth today in an effort to boost Iridium's current communications network, Space reported.

The new communications satellites will dramatically enhance Iridium's ability to meet the growing demand for global mobile communications on land, at sea and in the skies, a company representative disclosed. When it's up and running, It will carry the badge of being the world's largest commercial satellite constellation.

While SpaceX prided the lift off, it has also triumphantly celebrated the successful rocket touchdown to its robotic drone ship situated just in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket touchdown is part of the company's effort to develop fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicles. With its success it will not only cut the cost of launches in the future but enables greater access to space.

It can be recalled that SpaceX suffered from a four-month grounding given by the Federal Aviation Administration due to SpaceX's Sept.1 launch pad explosion. Launches were momentarily stop, which created backlog of launches in the company including cargo missions for NASA to the International Space Station, NY Times reported.

SpaceX billionaire leader Elon Musk denied reports that his company had lost $260 million in 2015 and revenue dropped 6 percent to $945 million, following the explosion issues. According to Musk, SpaceX is still profitable and will continue realizing its vision of manufacturing and launching advanced rockets and spacecrafts.

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