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Falcon 9 Iridium NEXT Mission 5

Fifth Iridium NEXT mission to deploy ten Iridium NEXT satellites. Reused booster from third Iridium flight, and although controlled descent was performed, the booster was expended into the ocean. SpaceX planned a second recovery attempt of one half of the fairing using the specially modified boat Mr. Steven. However, the fairing’s parafoil twisted during the recovery, which led to water impact at high speed

Launch Information

Launch Date

Friday 30th March 2018 at 14:13 UTC

Launch Pad

VAFB SLC 4E

Rocket

Falcon 9

Booster

B1041.2

Launch Success

Yes

Landing Attempt

No

Payloads

Payload
Customer
Manufacturer
Mass (kg)
Mass (lbs)
Orbit
Iridium NEXT 5

Iridium Communications

Thales Alenia Space

9600
21164.38
PO

Launch Photos

All of these images are from the SpaceX Flickr page and all of them belong to SpaceX

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