Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent to orbit with the another set of 10 next-generation satellites for Iridium’s voice and data relay fleet.
The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket will lift off Wednesday at 4:39 a.m. PDT (7:39 a.m. EDT; 1139 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Data source: SpaceX
T-0:00:00: Liftoff
T+0:01:12: Max-Q
T+0:02:24: MECO
T+0:02:27: Stage 1 Separation
T+0:02:29: Stage 2 Ignition
T+0:03:11: Fairing Jettison
T+0:05:39: Stage 1 Entry Burn
T+0:07:17: Stage 1 Landing
T+0:08:33: SECO 1
T+0:51:28: Stage 2 Restart
T+0:51:37: SECO 2
T+0:56:38: Begin Iridium Deployments
T+1:11:38: End Iridium Deployments
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