Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Iridium-4
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Full Thrust · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 52nd launch · 18th this year · humanity's 5,703rd orbital launch attempt
December 23, 2017Add to calendar
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 23, 01:27 – Dec 23, 01:27 UTC
Flight preview
Iridium-4
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 fourth 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 · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1036 · flight 2 · expendable · last flew Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Iridium-2 · zone record 38/42
Watch
- Iridium-4 Webcast — SpaceX
