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China Aerospace Corporation
Long March 2C/SD | Iridium 92 & 93
Long March 2C/SD
Jun 11, 5:15 PM UTC
Jun 11, 5:15 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Programs
- Iridium Constellation
Launch Site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 7
- Location
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- 🇨🇳 CHN