Iridium 7 was a U.S. 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Wade, Mark. "Iridium". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  2. ^ Application for Special Temporary Authority http://orbitrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SV051.pdf


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_7
No tags for this post.