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Jan. 19 - The latest rocket launch of SpaceX makes the Iridium Next constellation operational
After two years of launching the new satellites from Thales Alenia Space, the Iridium NEXT constellation is finally operational. The latter does not require ground control and is supporting the Iridium CloudConnect service intended as an answer to the connected future.