Launch Mission: Iridium NEXT Mission 3

🧾 Mission Details

Flight #: 48

Details: Third of eight missions to launch Iridium's second generation constellation from VAFB

🚀 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: B1041 — Reuse Count: 1View Core

🧑‍🚀 Payloads

• Payload: Iridium NEXT 3 — Mass: 9600 kgView Payload

🚢 Ships Involved

• Name: Betty R Gambarella — Type: TugView Ship
• Name: Just Read The Instructions 2 — Type: BargeView Ship

🎥 Watch the Launch