Iridium-8
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:31:33
Friday January 11, 2019
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Iridium-8
Ten Iridium NEXT satellites will help upgrade the Iridium Constellation. The launch is the last and final of the eight that Iridium has purchased from SpaceX and will complete the 75 satellite constellation. The Iridium satellite constellation provides L-band voice and data coverage to satellite phones, pagers and integrated transceivers over the entire Earth surface.
Polar Orbit
10 Payloads
9,600 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$69.75 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
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Stats
Falcon 9
68th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2019
SpaceX
74th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2019
2019
2nd
Orbital launch attempt