SpaceX Data Explorer
Iridium NEXT Mission 1
Flight #35 – 1/14/2017, 5:54:00 PM
Success: Yes
Upcoming: No
TBD: No
NET (No Earlier Than): No
Static Fire Date: 1/5/2017, 7:40:00 PM
Mission Details
Return-to-flight mission after the loss of Amos-6 in September 2016. Iridium NEXT will replace the original Iridium constellation, launched in the late 1990s. Each Falcon mission will carry 10 satellites, with a goal to complete deployment of the 66 plus 9 spare satellite constellation by mid 2018. The first two Iridium qualification units were supposed to ride a Dnepr rocket in April 2016 but were delayed, so Iridium decided to qualify the first batch of 10 satellites instead.
Fairings
- Reused: No
- Recovery Attempt: No
- Recovered: No
Rocket
See Rocket DetailsLaunchpad
See Launchpad DetailsPayloads
Cores
- 5e9e28a3f359189e3a3b2645 — Flight 1 — Landing: Success