Iridium-6 & GRACE-FOFalcon 9 Block 4SpaceX Launch Status Success Tue · May 22nd, 2018 3:47 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvdz5yFSwCY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm-t0DgBVUs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_0GgKfwCSk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY8d6vQ6rhY MissionIridium-6 & GRACE-FOType: CommunicationsSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver 10 satellites to low Earth orbit for Iridium, a global leader in mobile voice and data satellite communications. This is the sixth set of 10 satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium’s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium® NEXT. Sharing this launch is the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on mission, which is a joint project of NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences. It's goal is to track Earth's water movement to monitor changes in underground water storage, the amount of water in large lakes and rivers, soil moisture, ice sheets and glaciers, and sea level caused by the addition of water to the ocean. LocationSpace Launch Complex 4EVandenberg AFB, CA, USA83 rockets have launched from Vandenberg AFB, CA, USA. RocketFalcon 9 Block 4Length: 71 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launch: December 22, 2015The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.The Falcon 9 Block 4 rocket has been launched a total of 12 times with 12 successful and 0 failed launches. AgencySpaceXType: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USASpace Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule