2018 · SpaceX
Iridium-7
successFalcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-7
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 seventh 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
- July 25, 2018 at 11:39 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Mission
- Iridium-7
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit