China Aerospace Corporation

Iridium MFS 1 & 2

Long March 2C/SD

SUCCESS
Success

Monday, September 1, 1997 · 14:00 UTC

Mission

/01

The Iridium-MFS payloads were mass models of the Iridium communications satellites. Two were launched to test the new CZ-2C (2) SD launch vehicle and the payload dispenser.

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Long March 2C/SD

Variant: C/SD

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 7

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

38.849° N, 111.608° E

3

Pad Launches

3

Location Launches

17

Agency Launches

50

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