September 14, 1997 at 1:36 AM UTC
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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September 14, 1997 at 1:36 AM UTC
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan · 46.0740, 62.9780
Iridium provides global mobile telecommunications services using a constellation of 66 low earth orbit satellites in a 86.4° inclined orbit. Although 77 satellites were originally envisioned for the system and spawned the name based on the 77th element in the periodic table, the system has been scaled back. Motorola's Satellite Communications Group designed and manufactured the Iridium satellites with Lockheed Martin providing the LM-700A spacecraft buses.
Proton / UR-500 · 17S40
Height
59 m
Diameter
4.15 m
LEO capacity
6,000 kg
Successful launches
6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.
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