Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-7

Status

Success

Iridium-7

Launch Time
Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:39 UTC

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $67.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Vehicles

Just Read the Instructions

B1048

Flight #1

33rd Falcon recovery attempt

27th successful Falcon recovery

4th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Iridium-7

Ten Iridium Next satellites will help upgrade the Iridium Constellation. The launch is one of eight that Iridium has purchased from SpaceX. In total, 75 satellites will be launched.

Payloads: 10

Total Mass: 9,600.0 kg

Polar Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2018

61st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

66th mission

14th mission of 2018

60th successful mission

32nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

60th mission

13th mission of 2018

57th successful mission

31st consecutive successful mission