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Falcon 9 Block 4 | Iridium-5
Falcon 9 Block 4
Mar 30, 2:13 PM UTC
Mar 30, 2:13 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Booster History
B1041
Flight #2
Flight #2 · Last flown 2017-10-09
- Total Flights
- 2
- Recovery Rate
- 1/1 successful landings
- This Landing
- No landing attempt (expended)· Ocean
- Recovery Site
- Pacific Ocean (PAC)
- Last Flight
- Falcon 9 Block 4 | Iridium-3 · 172-day turnaround
Landing Record
1 successful · 0 failed · 1 total
Mission Details
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 fifth 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.
- Type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Programs
- Iridium Constellation
Launch Site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA