Iridium 38

 1997-069A

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Delta Iridium MS-5 was launched on 1997 Nov 9, placing a further five satellites in orbit. The MS-5 launch returned to using the higher 625 x 642 km parking orbit, since the satellite was given a lighter fuel load, reducing mass to 662 kg.

Iridium SV038 raised its orbit in late November, but only reached the engineering orbit of 765 km instead of the operational orbit of 780 km. Its orbit was finally raised to operational height in Apr 1998. 

Iridium 38
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Nov 9	0134:26	Launch by Delta	V SLC2
	0135	T+1:04 SRM burnout x 6
	0135	T+1:27 SRM sep
	0136	T+2:09 SRM burnout x 3
	0136	T+2:11 SRM sep
	0138	T+4:20 MECO
	0138	T+4:34 St 2 TIG
	0138	T+4:43 Fairing sep
	0145:39	T+11:13 SECO1	170 x 647 x 86.4
	0232	T+58:20 TIG 2
	0232	T+58:36 SECO2	639 x 639 x 86.6
	0236:56	T+1:02:30 SV1 deploy
	0246:56	T+1:12:30 SV2 deploy
	0251:06	T+1:16:40 SV3 deploy
	0256:06	T+1:21:40 SV4 deploy
	0259:26	T+1:25:00 SV5 deploy
	0320	T+1:45:50 Delta depletion	254 x 627 x 83.56
	0320	T+1:46:05 SECO3
1997 Nov 9			97.38 625 x 641 x 86.6
1997 Nov 12			97.40 626 x 642 x 86.6
1997 Nov 15			97.42 626 x 643 x 86.6
1997 Nov 20			98.82 699 x 705 x 86.5
1997 Nov 22			100.03 756 x 762 x 86.5
1997 Nov 23			100.22 766 x 770 x 86.4
1997 Nov 28			100.23 768 x 770 x 86.4
1998 Jan 6			100.24 768 x 771 x 86.4
1998 Jan 7			100.17 764 x 768 x 86.4
1998 Feb 4			100.19 765 x 769 x 86.4
1998 Apr 5			100.20 766 x 769 x 86.4
1998 Apr 25			100.39 775 x 778 x 86.4