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Iridium's Next NEXTs Scheduled for Launch on March 30 Via SpaceX

2018-03-30
Satnews Daily
March 30th, 2018



Iridium Communications, in partnership with SpaceX, is prepared to launch their fifth set of 10 Iridium® NEXT satellites on March 30 on a SpaceX flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket.


The full payload and rocket have been transported to the launch pad and the rocket is vertical for launch. The payload has an instantaneous launch window scheduled for 7:13:51 am PDT (14:13:51 UTC).  Once deployed, there will be a total of 50 Iridium NEXT satellites in LEO. The Falcon 9 rocket first stage being used in tomorrow’s launch was previously flown during Iridium’s third launch, which successfully occurred in October 2017.

Iridium NEXT is the company’s $3 billion, next-generation, mobile, global satellite network scheduled for completion in 2018. These new satellites are replacing the company’s existing global constellation in one of the largest technology upgrades ever completed in space.  Iridium NEXT represents the evolution of critical communications infrastructure that governments and organizations worldwide rely upon to drive business, enable connectivity, empower disaster relief efforts and more. Iridium NEXT will enable and introduce new services like the Company’s next-generation broadband service, Iridium CertusSM.














Shaanxi Probecom Microwave Technology Co.,LTD (abbreviated as Probecom), was founded in 2002, located in International Trade and Logistic Park in Xi’an, we are mainly engaged in the design and manufacture of all types of satellite communication Earth Station AntennaVSAT AntennaKa Series AntennaPortable Flyaway AntennaRxO/TVRO AntennaSNG AntennaOn-the-Move AntennaRemote Sensing & Telemetry AntennaMeteorological RadarsHigh Power and Ultra Wideband Amplifiers (SSPA & TWTA)Microwave Components as well as the related Antenna Control & Tracking System.