Iridium 2

 1998-066A

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Iridium 83 to 87 were launched into Plane 5 in Nov 1998. Iridium SV87 was assigned tail number 2. It was put in storage orbit; the orbit was raised in May 1999 to a higher parking orbit and left to decay.

Iridium SV87/2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Nov 6	1337:52	Launch by Delta 7920	V SLC2W
		T+1:26 SRM x 6 sep
		T+2:11 SRM x 3 sep
		T+4:20 MECO
		T+4:32 Stage 2 burn
		T+4:43 Fairing sep
	1349:05	T+11:13 SECO-1 168 x 539 x 86.4
	1436:12	T+58:20 Stage 2 burn
	1436:28	T+58:36 SECO-2
	1440:22	T+1:02:30 SV 2 deploy
	1450:22	T+1:12:30 SV 86 deploy
	1454:32	T+1:16:40 SV 85 deploy
	1458:42	T+1:20:50 SV 84 deploy
	1502:52	T+1:25:00 SV 83 deploy
	1521:12	T+1:43:20 Stage 2 depletion burn
		T+1:43:41 SECO-3
1998 Nov 7			95.12 516 x 531 x 86.0
1998 Nov 19			95.18 517 x 537 x 86.0
1998 Nov 21			96.05 559 x 579 x 86.1
1998 Dec 14			95.15 512 x 538 x 85.4
1999 May 3			94.98 508 x 527 x 85.4
1999 May 5		Raise orbit
1999 May 8			97.41 626 x 643 x 85.6
2000 Aug 2			97.21 616 x 634 x 85.6
2002 Feb 20			96.74 593 x 611 x 85.6
2004 Jun 30			96.29 573 x 588 x 85.6
2018 Apr 27			94.90 507 x 521 x 85.5