A Delta II launched five Iridium spare satellites (Iridium 90, 91, 94, 95 and 96) from Vandenberg Air Force Base into low Earth orbit, bolstering the constellation's on-orbit reserves for its global satellite phone network.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 12th
- of 17 Delta II 7920-10C flights
- Date and time
- 11 February 2002, 17:43 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7920-10C
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2002-005
- Launches in 2002
- 5th of 65
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