Orbcomm and SpaceX officials have announced that 11 mini-satellites for Orbcomm’s data relay business will be sent on Space X’s first mission since the launch failure took place in June. The launch will take place from Cape Canaveral in next six to eight weeks.
Due to the Falcon 9 launch failure, the company’s many missions were put on hold. But now Space X is hoping that things will get right and it will be able to launch two to three Falcon 9 by the end of this year.

Space X said, “As we prepare for return to flight, SpaceX together with its customers SES and Orbcomm have evaluated opportunities to optimize the readiness of the upcoming Falcon 9 return-to-flight mission”.

During the preparatory stage, the company officials have not yet pointed out any technical issues in the program. The second stage must be carried out smoothly to put larger satellites into the orbit.

Earlier, SpaceX had helped Orbcomm to get OG2 satellite on the orbit by 2014. The launch in December will certainly help Obrcomm in completing next generation constellation.

In September, Space Flight, which deals with high value customers, announced its plans to purchase SpaceX Falcon 9 for 2017's rideshare mission. SpaceX will handle the launch from Vadenberg base on the Californian coast.

Musk said in July that a preliminary review had pointed to a faulty 2-foot-long steel strut. The metal band was holding one of a number of helium-filled bottles inside the rocket's second stage.

SpaceX, officially known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., has orders for roughly 50 launches, including from NASA, the Air Force, foreign governments and commercial satellite companies. The Falcon 9 had flown successfully 18 times before the June explosion, which happened just two minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The failure was the third disaster for America's commercial space industry in less than a year. On Oct. 28, another rocket carrying supplies to the space station for NASA exploded just after liftoff. That flight was operated by Orbital ATK.

Orbcomm chief executive Marc Eisenberg was of the view that their 11 second-generation data relay satellites will fly aboard the two-stage Falcon 9 booster. He also shared that testing part has been completed and now, they are testing their rocket for SES.

According to officials, taking up the Orbcomm’s mission means allowing the upgraded Falcon9 to start with a simpler mission first. Orbcomm’s 380-pound machine-to-machine data relay satellites will be sent into orbit around 400 miles above earth.

On the other hand, the SES 9 communication satellite will be deployed in an elliptical transfer orbit that will reach more than 22,000 miles in altitude. Space X officials said that the Orbcomm 2 mission will allow them to carry out an on orbit test of the second stage relight system after Orbcomm 2 satellites have deployed safely.