Iridium 97 & 98 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

20 Jun 2002, 9:33am

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Launch Site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Pad

133/3 (133L)

Launch Service Provider

Eurockot Launch Services logo

Eurockot Launch Services

Vehicle

Rokot/Briz-KM image

Rokot/Briz-KM

Mission

Iridium 97 & 98

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, pagers and integrated transceivers over the entire Earth surface.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC

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