This is incredible:http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/remarkable-time-lapse-video-more-11772088
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/iridium-next-4-december-launch-vandenberg/QuoteIridium NEXT-4 is scheduled to launch from SLC-4E on Vandenberg Air Force Base No Earlier Than (NET) 22 December 2017 at an instantaneous launch time of 17:32 PST (01:32 UTC on 23 December).
Iridium NEXT-4 is scheduled to launch from SLC-4E on Vandenberg Air Force Base No Earlier Than (NET) 22 December 2017 at an instantaneous launch time of 17:32 PST (01:32 UTC on 23 December).
...So SpaceX held that NET launch date for most of a month at least....
And the presser is out:...MCLEAN, Va. – October 19, 2017 - Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) announced today that the fourth Iridium NEXT launch has been targeted by SpaceX for December 22, 2017 at 5:26 p.m. PT [1:26 a.m. UTC on Dec. 23], from Vandenberg Air Force Base. ...
...This bodes well for working through their backlog.
This was posted in the update thread, see "drone footage" in reply #270 with a link to the original video from Doug Ellison. It wasn't imbedded so it was easy to miss though.Definitely one of the best.