[Launch Alert] Falcon 9 Launched

[Launch Alert]

FALCON 9 IRIDIUM-4 SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED

From: 30th Space Wing Public Affairs, www.vandenberg.af.mil

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg supported the successful
launch of the fourth Iridium mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space
Launch Complex-4 here Friday, Dec. 22, at 5:27 p.m. PST.

Col. Michael S. Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, was the space launch
commander.

"What a way to end the year with the fifth Falcon 9 launch carrying the
fourth set of Iridium satellites. This mission proves that Team V provides
assured access to space and we do it safely and securely," said Hough. "It
goes without saying that we can't accomplish this without great mission
partners like SpaceX."

EDITOR'S COMMENTS

I've been watching Vandenberg launches since November 1967. Tonight's launch
was the most impressive one I've ever seen. It was spectacular.

If any of you obtained professional quality photos of the launch, please
send them to launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net. I may want to publish your
image on my Space Archive web site.

Brian Webb, Editor