Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 60 | Iridium-7 NEXT
Iridium-7 delivered ten Iridium NEXT mobile-communications satellites to low Earth orbit for deployment into orbital plane 5. The seventh of eight dedicated NEXT launches raised the number of second-generation Iridium spacecraft in orbit to 65, while booster B1048 landed on Just Read the Instructions.
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- Aliases
- Iridium-7Iridium NEXT Flight 7Iridium NEXT-7Falcon 9 F060Falcon 9 Flight 60
- Name
- Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 60 | Iridium-7 NEXT
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Iridium-7 delivered ten Iridium NEXT mobile-communications satellites to low Earth orbit for deployment into orbital plane 5. The seventh of eight dedicated NEXT launches raised the number of second-generation Iridium spacecraft in orbit to 65, while booster B1048 landed on Just Read the Instructions.
- End Date
- 2018-07-25
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully deployed ten Iridium NEXT satellites; booster B1048 landed on Just Read the Instructions
- Program
- Iridium NEXT constellation deployment
- Start Date
- 2018-07-25
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.iridium.com/services/iridium-next/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 19, 2026 at 09:55:25 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 09:55:25 UTC
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