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They weren't grounded. They have to get an FAA license for every launch (or, in this case, a bulk license for all of their Iridium launches over the next 18 mon
by JshWright 10y ago
They weren't grounded. They have to get an FAA license for every launch (or, in this case, a bulk license for all of their Iridium launches over the next 18 months).
The FAA _could_ have denied them a license, but that's pretty unlikely, as the AMOS-6 event was a 'test anomaly', not something related to flight.
- robryan 10y agoThey were grounded, the FAA was a party to the AMOS-6 investigation. I don't think they would have been given a license until the FAA were satisfied with the results of that investigation.
- JshWright 10y agoMaybe, maybe not. They got the license when they applied for it. They obviously didn't bother applying for the license until they were satisfied with their investigation of AMOS-6. They were never denied a license.
- ge96 10y agoIridium like those Iridium flash satellites with the door-sized solar panels? Ha