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Iridium 34 to 37 & 19
Delta II 7920-10CUnited States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 2W
Saturday, September 27, 1997 · 01:23 AM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
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.
PayloadIridium 34 to 37 & 19
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerIridium Constellation
Stages0
PadSpace Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 34.756°N
- Longitude
- 120.622°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
01:23 AM UTC - 01:23 AM UTC
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.



