Delta II | Iridium 34 to 37 & 19

Launch information

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Mission description

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.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Delta II | Iridium 34 to 37 & 19’.

Launch image Delta II | Iridium 34 to 37 & 19

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Sept. 27, 1997, 1:23 a.m.

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Iridium 34 to 37 & 19 (LEO)

Launcher

United States Air Force

Rocket

Delta II

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 2W

Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Delta II | Iridium 34 to 37 & 19’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
24965 IRIDIUM 19 LEO 86.36 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed
24966 IRIDIUM 35 LEO 86.42 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed
24967 IRIDIUM 36 LEO 86.4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit
24968 IRIDIUM 37 LEO 86.35 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed
24969 IRIDIUM 34 LEO 86.36 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Decayed

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Delta II | Iridium 34 to 37 & 19’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#4166

To this date

Location Launch

#577

To this date

Pad Launch

#54

To this date

Agency Launch

#982

To this date

Orbital Launch

#58

Year 1997

Location Launch

#7

Year 1997

Pad Launch

#4

Year 1997

Agency Launch

#10

Year 1997

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