SpaceX Falcon 9 : Iridium NEXT Flight 3 : Oct 9, 2017 - UPDATES

• #120 by dawei on 09 Oct, 2017 14:01
• Many congrats to SpaceX and Iridium.  Thanks to all here who provided coverage.
• #121 by rower2000 on 09 Oct, 2017 14:01
• Ten up, one down, just perfect . Congrats!
• #122 by Kaputnik on 09 Oct, 2017 14:04
• That's how you do it!
  See you in a couple of days for the next one
• #123 by Michael Baylor on 09 Oct, 2017 14:05
• MISSION HIGHLIGHTS: https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/917389596526284800
  
  Incredible footage of the sats deploying!
• #124 by FutureSpaceTourist on 09 Oct, 2017 14:09
• Once again many congratulations to SpaceX and Iridium - another flawless launch, recovery and deployment.
  
  Looking forward to the remaining 5 
• #125 by Michael Baylor on 09 Oct, 2017 14:12
• Gif of the sats deploying. What a view!

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• #126 by abaddon on 09 Oct, 2017 14:13
• Iridium-3 Mission replay is now up:
• #127 by WindnWar on 09 Oct, 2017 14:17
• Way to keep making it look easy. Congrats to everyone involved, keep it up! Looking forward to yet another launch in a couple days!
  
  
• #128 by Craftyatom on 09 Oct, 2017 14:25
• My personal favorite shot was the first stage cam during second stage ignition #1 - you could see the second stage exhaust plume flowing over the contours of the first stage, like in one of those arcjet facilities where they test heat shields.  Second favorite shot was second stage ignition #2, where you can see some chunks of solid (presumably oxygen) get shaken off during ignition and then obliterated once they hit the exhaust plume.
  
  Anyways, huge congratulations to everyone involved in today's launch - can't wait to see the next one!

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• #129 by Ronpur50 on 09 Oct, 2017 14:27
• SPECTACULAR!!
• #130 by douglas100 on 09 Oct, 2017 14:31
• Particularly liked the shot of the satellite deploying in the foreground with several others in the background and the Earth below.
• #131 by Silmfeanor on 09 Oct, 2017 14:32
• Smooth, routine. With some beautiful shots - the plume impingement just after MECO; the ripples in the exhaust during boostback burn, and the string of iridium sats visible on the cam. Congratulations to SpaceX, Iridium and thanks NSF for the coverage!
• #132 by Silmfeanor on 09 Oct, 2017 14:38
• Confirmation of Sats talking to the ground:
  
  https://twitter.com/IridiumComm/status/917395576261619714
  

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  All 10 Iridium satellites have been "caught" #IridiumNEXT
  
• #133 by Rebel44 on 09 Oct, 2017 14:55
• Congratulations to both SpaceX and Iridium.
• #134 by todd5ski on 09 Oct, 2017 15:02
• Congrats to all once again.
• #135 by cartman on 09 Oct, 2017 15:03
• Congrats to SpaceX and NSF for the excellent coverage! this was one of those missions that I had to follow at work, so NSF was the only way to follow the mission 
• #136 by ZachS09 on 09 Oct, 2017 15:05
• Congrats to SpaceX and Iridium for another awesome launch/landing.
  
  I missed this one because I needed my sleep.
• #137 by zubenelgenubi on 09 Oct, 2017 15:10
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 09 Oct, 2017 11:58

  NSF has Chris G, Philip, Jay and Derrick there. I think we've got this one covered!
  

  
  And thank you to Steven here on the launch thread to re-live and review the event!  (I was only able to watch T-1 minute to SECO-1 live.)
  
  Congratulations to the entire launch team!
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  October 9 (UTC) "three-fer" launch day: 2 done, 1 to go!
  
  VRSS-2 from Jiuquan,
  
  Iridium Next Flight 3 from Vandenberg,
  
  And QZS-4 from Tanegashima.
• #138 by dmc6960 on 09 Oct, 2017 15:15
• Great job SpaceX!  Now do it again!
• #139 by tleski on 09 Oct, 2017 15:21
• Congrats to SpaceX, the range and Iridium and also big thanks to NSF for coverage here and great pics on L2.
  A really smooth nighttime launch. I am happy this is a holiday in the US, otherwise, I would have to miss it.