Sunday, 6/25 @ 4:25 p.m. EDT: SpaceX Launching 10 New Iridium Satellites

On Sunday (June 25), SpaceX will complete a rocket launch doubleheader when it launches a new Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Liftoff is set for 1:25 p.m. PDT (4:25 p.m. EDT/2025 GMT). 

The Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 next-generation Iridium NEXT satellites for SpaceX customer Iridium. They are satellites 11 through 20 of what will be a 70-satellite constellation to boost Iridum's mobile communications network. The first 10 satellites launched earlier this year in January.