The NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences GRACE Follow-On spacecraft launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It shared it’s ride to orbit with five Iridium NEXT communications satellites as part of a commercial rideshare agreement. Photo Credit: NASA
– Last updated Jan 6, 2019 @ 8:00 a.m. EST
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– Mission: SpaceX / Iridium 8
– Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 Rocket
– Launch Site: SLC-4E / Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
SpaceX is scheduled to launch 10 Iridium NEXT communication satellites to low-Earth orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg AFB, CA Launch Complex 4E as soon as January 9, 2019 at 7:48am PST (15:48 UTC).
The satellites are the eighth of ten sets launched by SpaceX for Iridium, in a series of 75 total satellites on orbit as part of the new ‘Iridium NEXT’ constellation.
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2018 U.S. LAUNCH MANIFEST ( company / rocket / payload / launch time )
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station & Kennedy Space Center, Florida
– TBD: Northrop Grumman / Pegasus XL rocket / NASA’s ICON satellite
- JAN 17: SpaceX / Falcon 9 rocket / Crew Dragon Demo-1 (uncrewed) / TBD
- JAN 25: ULA / Delta IV rocket / WGS-10 for USAF / 6:40-7:35pm EST
- EARLY 2019: SpaceX / Falcon 9 / PSN-6 & SpaceIL Moon Lander / TBD
- EARLY 2019: SpaceX / Falcon Heavy / Arabsat 6A / TBD
- EARLY 2019: SpaceX / Falcon Heavy / STP-2 for USAF / TBD
- MARCH 2019: ULA / Atlas V rocket / Boeing Starliner Crew Demo (uncrewed) / TBD
- MARCH 2019: SpaceX / Falcon 9 / CRS-17 / TBD
- SPRING 2019: SpaceX / Falcon 9 / AMOS-7 satellite / TBD
- APRIL 2019: ULA / Delta IV rocket / GPS 3-02 / TBD
- MAY 2019: SpaceX / Falcon 9 / CRS-18 / TBD
- JUNE 2019: SpaceX / Falcon 9 rocket / Crew Dragon ‘Demo-2’ / TBD
- JUNE 2019: ULA / Atlas V ‘551’ rocket / AEHF-5 FOR USAF / TBD
- AUGUST 2019: ULA / Atlas V rocket / Starliner Crew Flight Test / TBD
- OCTOBER 2019: SpaceX / Falcon 9 rocket / GPS 3-03 / TBD
- OCTOBER 2019: SpaceX / Falcon 9 rocket / CRS-19 ISS Resupply for NASA / TBD
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– Will be updated as schedules become more certain.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
- EARLY 2019: ULA / Delta IV Heavy rocket / Classified NROL-71 / TBD
- JAN 9: SpaceX / Falcon 9 Rocket / Iridium NEXT 66-75 / 7:48am PT
Wallops Flight Facility, VA
- SPRING 2019: Northrop Grumman / Minotaur-1 rocket / classified NROL-111 / TBD
- APRIL 2019: Northrop Grumman / Antares rocket / NG-11 ISS Resupply for NASA / TBD
- OCTOBER 2019: Northrop Grumman / Antares rocket / NG-12 ISS Resupply for NASA / TBD
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