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Falcon 9 Iridium NEXT Mission 7

SpaceX’s fourteenth flight of 2018 and seventh of eight launches in a half-a-billion-dollar contract with Iridium. Will use a Block 5 first stage, to be recovered in the Pacific Ocean. Only one mission will be left for Iridium, with 10 more satellites. First attempt to recover a Fairing with the upgraded net. Fairing recovery was not successful.

Launch Information

Launch Date

Wednesday 25th July 2018 at 11:39 UTC

Launch Pad

VAFB SLC 4E

Rocket

Falcon 9

Booster

B1048.1

Launch Success

Yes

Landing Attempt

Yes

Landing Success

Yes

Landing Site

Just Read The Instructions

Payloads

Payload
Customer
Manufacturer
Mass (kg)
Mass (lbs)
Orbit
Iridium NEXT 7

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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Launch Livestream