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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2019-01-11 15:31:33 UTCSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Polar Orbit
Landed
B1049 Landed
The first stage landed on Just Read the Instructions, on its 2nd flight.
Worldwide
2nd
orbital launch attempt in 2019
SpaceX
1st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 4E
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
38 d 20 h
since the pad's previous launch
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 eighth 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.
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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Landings
687
of 715
Upcoming
136
scheduled
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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