Back to launches
Success
Iridium 45 to 49
Delta II 7920-10CUnited States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 2W
Saturday, December 20, 1997 · 01:16 PM 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 45 to 49
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerIridium Constellation
Stages0
PadSpace Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Site lock
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.756°N, 120.622°W
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
