Launch Mission: Iridium NEXT Mission 8

Date: 1/11/2019

✅ Successful Launch

🧾 Mission Details

Flight #: 74

Details: SpaceX's first flight of 2019 will be the eighth and final launch of its planned Iridium flights. Delivering 10 satellites to low earth orbit, this brings the total up to 75 and completes the Iridium NEXT constellation. This mission launches from SLC-4E at Vandenberg AFB. The booster is expected to land on JRTI.

🚀 Rocket Details

Name: Falcon 9

Type: rocket

📍 Launchpad Details

Name: Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E

Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

Launchpad Details Page

🛰️ Cores

Core Serial: B1049 — Reuse Count: 9View Core

🧑‍🚀 Payloads

Payload: Iridium NEXT 8 — Mass: 9600 kgView Payload

🚢 Ships Involved

Name: Just Read The Instructions 2 — Type: BargeView Ship
Name: NRC Quest — Type: CargoView Ship
Name: Pacific Freeedom — Type: TugView Ship