Delta II | Iridium 83 to 87

Delta II | Iridium 83 to 87

Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.

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Iridium 83 to 87

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.

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Delta II 7920-10C


Height 38.70 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 1842 kg

Liftoff Thrust 0 kN

Diameter 2.40 Meters

Mass To LEO 5959 kg

Liftoff Mass 0 Tonnes


Launch Success 17

Consecutive Success 17

Maiden Flight 1997-05-05

Launch Failures 0


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Iridium Constellation

The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices and integrated transceivers.

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