Launch to space Long March 2C/SD | Iridium 42 & 44

SUCCESS

Long March 2C/SD | Iridium 42 & 44

Satellites

2

Orbit

LEO

Company: China Aerospace Corporation

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 8, 1997, 7:16 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Long March 2C/SD

Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Type: Communications

Target: Low Earth Orbit