2018 · SpaceX
Iridium-5
successFalcon 9 Block 4 | Iridium-5
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 30, 2018 at 02:13 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Mission
- Iridium-5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit