Iridium 22

 1997-043E

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The next Iridium launch, Delta Iridium MS-3, was the first under Boeing auspices (Boeing and McDonnell Douglas having just merged). Mass of SV022 is 658 kg. Two sats on this launch were 658 kg and three were 663 kg, I don't actually know which were which; the heavier satellite had a larger battery pack. The larger mass led to a lower deployment orbit.

Iridium 22
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Aug 21	0038:40	Launch by Delta II	V SLC2
	0039:44	T+1:04 SRM 1-6 burnout
	0039:45	T+1:05 SRM 7-9 TIG
	0040:06	T+1:26 SRM 1-3 sep 28 km	-6330 x 33 ?
	0040:07	T+1:27 SRM 4-6 sep
	0040:10	T+1:30 Dogleg manuever to 86.4 deg
	0040:49	T+2:09 SRM 7-9 burnout
	0040:51	T+2:11 SRM 7-9 sep 55 km	-6200 x 75 ?
	0041:10	T+2:30 End of dogleg
	0043:00	T+4:20 MECO, 105 km
	0043	Stage 1 sep
	0043:14	T+4:34 Stage 2 burn 1, 133 km	-4200 x 170 ?
	0043:23	T+4:43 PLF sep 138 km	-4150 x 175 ?
	0049:50	T+11:10 SECO-1
		Coast	169 x 564 x 86.4
	0137:00	T+58:20 Stage 2 burn 2
	0137:14	T+58:34 SECO-2
			541 x 559 x 86.7
	0141:10	T+1:02:30 SV026 deploy
	0151:10	T+1:12:30 SV025 deploy
	0155:20	T+1:16:40 SV024 deploy
	0159:30	T+1:20:50 SV023 deploy
	0203:40	T+1:25:00 SV022 deploy
	0204	Stage 2 retro
	0222:50	T+1:44:10 Depletion burn (20s)
	0223:10	T+1:44:30 SECO-3
1997 Aug 21			95.56 535 x 556 x 86.7
1997 Aug 25			95.67 542 x 560 x 86.7
1997 Aug 29			95.70 542 x 561 x 86.7
1997 Sep 1			96.77 601 x 605 x 86.7
1997 Sep 2			97.19 620 x 627 x 86.6
1997 Sep 3			98.12 666 x 671 x 86.6
1997 Sep 4			98.80 698 x 704 x 86.5
1997 Sep 6			100.05 756 x 764 x 86.4
1997 Sep 7			100.09 753 x 772 x 86.4
1997 Sep 8			100.39 774 x 779 x 86.4
1997 Sep 10			100.38 776 x 777 x 86.4
1998 Mar 5			100.40 775 x 779 x 86.4