Polar orbit
Iridium NEXT (Iridium-4, 31-40)
In its fourth flight in a series of eight for Iridium Communications, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the next ten satellites in the Iridium NEXT communications satellite constellation. The constellation allows air or ground users to communicate from and to any point on Earth.
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
View in 3D map ↗The mission
In its fourth flight in a series of eight for Iridium Communications, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the next ten satellites in the Iridium NEXT communications satellite constellation. The constellation allows air or ground users to communicate from and to any point on Earth.
The launch
- Launch
- Dec 23 2017
- Launch location
- SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- Polar orbit
Launch intelligence
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Iridium NEXT (Iridium-4, 31-40) mission on Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 1:27 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2017-083
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Dec 23, 2017, 01:27 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Dec 23 2017
- Pad and location
- SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB
Clear Temp: 58.07F Wind: 7.63mph
- Temperature
- 58°F
- Forecast updated
- Dec 23, 2017, 00:07 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Archived
End date not documented
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
Gallery
0 images from Iridium NEXT (Iridium-4, 31-40).
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