2017 · SpaceX
Iridium-4
successFalcon 9 Full Thrust | 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.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 23, 2017 at 01:27 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Mission
- Iridium-4
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit