SpaceX Changes its Falcon 9 Return-to-flight Plans

SpaceX on Oct. 16 said it had changed its return-to-flight plans and would first launch 11 small Orbcomm messaging satellites into low Earth orbit, and then test reignition of the redesigned second-stage engine during the same flight before launching SES's heavier telecommunications satellite into higher orbit, a mission that will need the reignition capability. SpaceNews.com