May 23, 2018
Last day SpaceX launched Iridium-6/GRACE-FO without attempting to land the first stage, however they attempted fairing recovery with Mr. Steven catching it.
Replay stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_0GgKfwCSk
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Last day SpaceX launched Iridium-6/GRACE-FO without attempting to land the first stage, however they attempted fairing recovery with Mr. Steven catching it.
Replay stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_0GgKfwCSk
SpaceX is targeting launch of Iridium-6/GRACE-FO on Tuesday, May 22 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The instantaneous launch opportunity is at 12:47 p.m. PDT, or 19:47 UTC. The GRACE-FO satellites will be deployed approximately eleven minutes and thirty seconds after launch, followed by the deployment of five Iridium® NEXT satellites beginning about an hour after launch.
A backup instantaneous launch opportunity is available on Wednesday, May 23 at 12:42 p.m. PDT, or 19:42 UTC.
Falcon 9’s first stage for the Iridium-6/GRACE-FO mission previously supported the Zuma mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in January 2018. SpaceX will not attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage after launch.
SpaceX appears to have successfully retrieved both halves of a Falcon 9 payload fairing intact, despite failing to catch them with recovery vessel Mr Steven. Near the end of the company’s Iridium-6/GRACE-FO launch webcast, SpaceX engineer John Insprucker said that Falcon 9’s two payload fairing halves had both successfully deployed their parachutes and landed in the …
SpaceX launches 5 Iridium NEXT, 2 GRACE-FO satellites on Falcon 9 ride-share mission
SpaceX launches 5 Iridium NEXT, 2 GRACE-FO satellites on Falcon 9 ride-share mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 soars skyward with five Iridium NEXT satellites and NASA’s twin GRACE-FO spacecraft. Liftoff took place at 12:47 p.m. PDT (19:47 GMT) May 22, 2018, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photo Credit: Bill Ingalls / NASA
LOMPOC, Calif. — Sending the quintuple-satellite Iridium-6 mission into space for Iridium Communications along with NASA’s…
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SpaceX set to send Iridium-6/GRACE-FO missions spaceward
SpaceX set to send Iridium-6/GRACE-FO missions spaceward
NASA’s twin GRACE-FO satellites in a clean room in November 2017. Photo Credit: Mathias Pikelj / Airbus
LOMPOC, Calif. — SpaceX is gearing up to launch another Falcon 9 rocket, this time with another set of Iridium NEXT communications satellites as well as NASA’s two Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) spacecraft. The mission is set to fly out of Space Launch Complex 4E…
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