Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Iridium-2
Launch Successful
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June 25, 2017, 8:25 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
June 25, 2017, 8:25 p.m. - June 25, 2017, 8:25 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
June 25, 2017, 8:25 p.m. - June 25, 2017, 8:25 p.m.
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 second 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.
The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.
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The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed on the ASDS, JRTI, stationed of the west coast.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.
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 Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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