Iridium 28 |
USA |
Spacecraft n°: |
US spacecraft n°: |
| Designation: | 24948 / 97051E |
| Launch date | 14 Sep 1997 - 01:36:54 UT |
| Launch site | B, LC81/23 |
| Launch vehicle | Proton-K/DM-2 17S40
(391-01 #252) |
| Mission: | Telecommunications |
| Polar LEO orbit : | |
| Perigee / Apogee | 776 x 778 km |
| Eccentricity | 1.40E-04 |
| Inclination | 86.4 deg |
| Period | 100.38 min |
| Prime contractor | Motorola Satellite Communications Group |
| Platform | |
| Operator | |
| Mass at launch | 689 kg |
| Dry Mass | 556 kg |
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| DC power | 1400 W (EOL) |
| Design lifetime | 8 yrs |