Eurockot Launch Services

Iridium 97 & 98

Rokot/Briz-KM

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, June 20, 2002 · 09:33 UTC

Mission

/01

The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, pagers and integrated transceivers over the entire Earth surface.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Rokot/Briz-KM

Variant: Briz-KM

Launch Pad

133/3 (133L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.887° N, 40.847° E

131

Pad Launches

1522

Location Launches

3

Agency Launches

31

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