Iridium-8

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

15:31:33

Friday January 11, 2019

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Iridium-8

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Ten Iridium NEXT satellites will help upgrade the Iridium Constellation. The launch is the last and final of the eight that Iridium has purchased from SpaceX and will complete the 75 satellite constellation. The Iridium satellite constellation provides L-band voice and data coverage to satellite phones, pagers and integrated transceivers over the entire Earth surface.

Polar Orbit

10 Payloads

9,600 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$69.75 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.7m

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 22,800 kg

GTO: 8,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,607 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-4E

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 21 hours

Stats

Falcon 9


68th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2019

SpaceX


74th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2019

2019


2nd

Orbital launch attempt