Launch Mission: Iridium NEXT Mission 2

🧾 Mission Details

Flight #: 43

Details: First flight with titanium grid fins to improve control authority and better cope with heat during re-entry.

🚀 Rocket Details

Name: Falcon 9

Type: rocket

📍 Launchpad Details

Name: Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E

Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

🛰️ Cores

• Core Serial: B1036 — Reuse Count: 1View Core

🧑‍🚀 Payloads

• Payload: Iridium NEXT 2 — Mass: 9600 kgView Payload

🚢 Ships Involved

• Name: Just Read The Instructions 2 — Type: BargeView Ship
• Name: Kelly C — Type: TugView Ship
• Name: NRC Quest — Type: CargoView Ship

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