Iridium & GPS Launches
Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:45:19 -0600 (MDT)
July 7: McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 with five Iridium communications
satellites from Space
Launch Complex-2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during
a five-second launch
window the opens at 9:17:19 a.m. EDT (1317:19 GMT).
July 15: Air Force Delta 2 with the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System 2R-2
spacecraft from
Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a
launch window of 12:16 to
12:45 a.m. EDT (0416-0445 GMT).
Using the first elset from the 5 May 97 launch (at 14:55 UT), the elsets were
adjusted to the date and time noted above. Original set for the 5 may launch
is as follows:
1 24792U 97020A 97125.79828411 .00000026 00000-0 00000+0 0 17
2 24792 86.4013 149.2614 0012026 253.6347 106.3560 14.78320296 21
New set for the 7 jul date is as follows:
Iridium/7 Jul 97/13:17:19 UT launch
1 90000U 970xxA 97188.73044846 .00000026 00000-0 00000-0 0 16
2 90000 86.4013 186.8960 0012026 253.6347 106.3560 14.78320296 16
Ron Lee