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How Iridium took a chance on SpaceX and won -- GigaOM Tech News and Analysis
How Iridium took a chance on SpaceX and won -- GigaOM Tech News and Analysis
The following is the never-before-told story of how Iridium placed a huge bet on SpaceX that wound up paying off. In a series of interviews, Desch shared with GigaOM the details about how a satellite communications company struggling with its future found common cause with a scrappy startup that wanted to broaden the frontiers of space exploration.