SpaceX Iridium-7 Alternative

SpaceX successfully launched the seventh of eight planned missions for Iridium Communications from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at 04:39 Pacific Time (11:39 UTC). The launch which took place in foggy conditions and high wind shear over the booster recovery zone, yet the first stage still managed to successfully land on the drone ship. A challenging attempt to recover a fairing on Mr. Steven was unsuccessful. Wednesday’s launch was the first time SpaceX has attempted both a landing of the first stage and recovery of the payload fairing via “catcher” ship Mr Steven on the same mission. This was also the first West Coast mission in eight months to see a first stage recovery attempt –...View all