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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-8
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 74th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 5,822nd orbital launch attempt
January 11, 2019Add to calendar
Success60% go
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 11, 15:31 – Jan 11, 15:31 UTC
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Iridium-8
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will deliver 10 satellites to low Earth orbit for Iridium, a global leader in mobile voice and data satellite communications. This is the eighth set of 10 satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium's next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT.
Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)
Booster
- B1049 · flight 2 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telstar 18 VANTAGE · zone record 156/157
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