this is essentially an upgrade to the existing iridium network. iridium satellite network is the only network that has complete global coverage and provides a mixture of voice and low bandwidth data services and the next upgrade they are going through is nearly completed basically boosts the kind of and capacity of the network makes sure that iridium is keeping up with the requirements of their main customers, which is across aviation and maritime in particular. --david: we are watching inside the vehicle itself, the , butation, it's too foggy again to go back, the last of the original iridium was launched in this 97. a lot has changed, for example, cell phones and mobile. matthew: it has. i guess things will continue to change. i think satellite communication has always kind of been relatively niche part of the overall communications landscape. we've certainly over the last couple of years had people like facebook wanted to take internet connectivity to the kind of hard-to-reach parts of the world likeafrica and so things this iridium network can

. ♪ emily: spacex launched a batch of satellites for long time customer iridium communications earlynesday. the falcon nine rocket lifted off on the central california coast. this was the 14th mission of the year for the company. spacex is hoping to launch at least 30 rockets in 2018. executives at google are giving no sign that a costly regulatory crackdown in europe will hurt sales and profits anytime soon. parent company alphabet posted second-quarter results that smashed wall street expectations monday. on the earnings call, the ceo suggested the company would not dramatically alter its android strategy. >> we will always take a constructive approach. we will appeal the commission's decision and take the due process available to us. but we are also looking forward to finding a solution that preserves the enormous benefits of android users and so on. so there is more work to be done. i think it will become clearer as we go along. but i am confident that we can find a way to make sure enjoyed is available, at scale to users , everywhere. emily: so what does this mean for regulation

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they're part of a $3- billion dollar campaign to replace a fleet of 75 "iridium communications" satellitesircling the globe. the launch proceeded despite challenging weather and sea conditions. the falcon rocket's first stage was sucessfully recovered by a "droneship" stationed in the ocean south of the launch site. in sports... it looks like the raiders will start training camp without perhaps their best player... and 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo talks about hs life oin the field... and off it too... we have a full report from the first day of 49ers camp... our sports director gary radnich has that... and all the sports... coming up tomorrow the raiders open trainng camp... today it was the 49ers turn... and as far as the niners... almost al of the talk.... at least from a media standpoint... is about jimmy garoppolo... after going 5- and-0 to end last season and getting a 137.5-milion-dollar contract... there are a lot of question about how he will perform on the field but of course recently... after going on a date with an adult film star... there has been a lot of talk about his p