It appears the Delta II has been cleared for launch on Sept 4 for the next Iridium launch. An earlier report from AW&ST (Aug 3) had at least one of the five sats moved to Plane 5. Florida Today is now reporting that one will be moved to Plane 5 and one to Plane 3. What's involved in moving a launched sat designated for a given plane to be moved to another plane of the same inclination. Is it more than raising or lowering the orbit to change the period? Jeff <jeff@satellite.eu.org> http://www2.satellite.eu.org/iridium.html (the 2 is optional)