Launch Alert | Starlink Group 9-9
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Sat Dec 23 2017
SpaceX

Iridium-4

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

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Falcon 9 Full Thrust

Description:

The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.

Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E