Friday, September 12, 2008

Iridium 15

 1997-034A


SV015 was on the third Iridium launch, another five satellites on a Delta. It entered the third plane. Again, the five satellites each had a mass of 657 kg.


Iridium 15 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 Jul 9  1304  Launch by Delta 7920  V SLC2 
 1308  Thor sep 
 1315  Delta SECO 1 
  Coast  170 x 647 x 86.4 
 1402  Delta burn 2 
 1402  Delta SECO 2 
 1406  SV015 deploy 
 1416  SV017 deploy 
 1420  SV018 deploy 
 1425  SV020 deploy 
 1429  SV021 deploy 
 1450  Delta depletion 
1997 Jul 10   97.39 624 x 642 x 86.4 
1997 Jul 13    97.33 619 x 642 x 86.4 
1997 Jul 14    97.44 628 x 643 x 86.4 
1997 Jul 18    97.46 629 x 644 x 86.4 
1997 Jul 25    97.64 638 x 653 x 86.4 
1997 Jul 25    98.12 663 x 674 x 86.4 
1997 Jul 28    98.79 695 x 705 x 86.4 
1997 Jul 31    98.80 697 x 705 x 86.4 
1997 Aug 2    99.90 749 x 757 x 86.4 
1997 Aug 3    100.23 763 x 776 x 86.4 
1997 Aug 4    100.39 774 x 779 x 86.4 
1998 Mar 8    100.40 775 x 780 x 86.4 
2004 Jun 30    100.40 775 x 779 x 86.4 

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