march, 2018
30mar14:13Falcon 9 • Iridium-5
Event Details
Launch Date: March 30, 2018 Launch Window: 14:13 UTC Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 FT (Flight-Proven 1st Stage, B1041.2) Launch Operator: SpaceX Launch Site: SLC-4E Vandenberg Air Force Base, California 1st Stage Recovery: No Fairing Recovery: Yes Payload: Ten Iridium-NEXT (41-50) Payload Operator: Iridium Communications A SpaceX
Event Details
| Launch Date: | March 30, 2018 |
| Launch Window: | 14:13 UTC |
| Launch Vehicle: | Falcon 9 FT (Flight-Proven 1st Stage, B1041.2) |
| Launch Operator: | SpaceX |
| Launch Site: | SLC-4E Vandenberg Air Force Base, California |
| 1st Stage Recovery: | No |
| Fairing Recovery: | Yes |
| Payload: | Ten Iridium-NEXT (41-50) |
| Payload Operator: | Iridium Communications |
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch ten Iridium-NEXT mobile communications satellites into Low Earth Orbit in the continued effort to replace the entire heritage Iridium constellation with upgraded satellites supporting global communications, aeronautical monitoring and ship tracking. This is the fifth launch in support of Iridium-NEXT by SpaceX and the first of four Iridium missions planned in 2018 to finish deployment of the operational constellation of 75 satellites, all missions are using Falcon 9 launchers. Iridium-5 will re-use a previously flown Falcon 9, first launched on the Iridium-3 mission.
Mission Resources:
? Launch Vehicle Overview: Falcon 9 FT
? Payload Overview: Iridium-NEXT Satellite & Constellation
Previous Iridium-NEXT Missions:
Time
(Friday) 14:13 UTC
