Trying to double-up?

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/31/14...llite-contract

Suggests that a quintet of Iridium Next satellites will be lauched in
conjunction with a pair of NASA satellites. It isn't entirely clear,
but it appears the Iridium satellites are the hitchhikers. Given that
SpaceX have launched 10 of the Iridium satellites in a single shot
before, is this perhaps trying to squeeze things into a smaller number
of launches? Schedule issues?

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