LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sat May 02 1998
China Aerospace Corporation
Iridium 69 & 71
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(9:16 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(9:16 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(9:16 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Long March 2C/SDDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- Iridium provides global mobile telecommunications services using a constellation of 66 low earth orbit satellites in a 86.4° inclined orbit. Although 77 satellites were originally envisioned for the system and spawned the name based on the 77th element in the periodic table, the system has been scaled back. Motorola's Satellite Communications Group designed and manufactured the Iridium satellites with Lockheed Martin providing the LM-700A spacecraft buses.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Pad
Launch Complex 7