Iridium-1
This mission is complete.
Vehicle
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Profile →Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...
Provider
SpaceX
Profile →USA • Founded 2002
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...
Mission Brief
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 first 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.
Mission Timeline
20 / 20100%Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Weather
- Condition
- No formal weather concerns published
- Temperature
- N/A
- Wind
- N/A
- GO Probability
- 60%
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
