LIVE Hosting SpaceX Iridium NEXT-4 Launch and Falcon Heavy Q&A
December 23, 2017
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as posted by the channelSpaceX will be launching a reused Falcon 9 booster to launch 10 Iridium NEXT satellites for Iridium. This is the first time Iridium has chosen to fly on a reflown booster and they will also use one for Iridium NEXT 5 as well. Iridium NEXT 4 is 10 x 860kg satellites heading into a Low Earth Polar Orbit. This means the launch will be out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, which is where all Polar Orbits launch from. This might be the first launch where we see SpaceX officially attempt to recover fairings as they have a boat that is speculated to try and catch them. Whether or not the booster will be recovered is still unknown at this time.
Launch time is 17:27 PST on Friday December 22nd (1:27 UTC Saturday December 23rd)
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