Iridium 7

Iridium 7
	A mockup of an Iridium satellite
Mission type	Communication
Operator	Iridium Satellite LLC
COSPAR ID	1997-020B
Spacecraft properties
Bus	LM-700A
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Start of mission
Launch date	5 May 1997
Rocket	Delta II 7920-10C
Launch site	Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-2W
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth

Iridium 7 was a United States Iridium communications satellite. It was launched into low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 14:55 GMT on 5 May 1997, by a Delta II 7920-10C carrier rocket.^[1] It was operated in Plane 4 of the Iridium satellite constellation, with an ascending node of 262.4°.^[1]

It had a partial technical failure in 2009 and was subsequently paired with Iridium 51, and relegated to following it and managing traffic routing.^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Wade, Mark. "Iridium". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/project/iridium.htm.
↑ Application for Special Temporary Authority http://orbitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SV051.pdf

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[Iridium-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Wade, Mark. "Iridium". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/project/iridium.htm.

[2] Application for Special Temporary Authority http://orbitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SV051.pdf

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Iridium 7

Topic: Engineering

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