25 March 1998, 17:01 UTC
Iridium 51 & 61
A Long March 2C/SD carrying a Smart Dispenser upper stage launched Iridium 51 and Iridium 61 from Taiyuan, completing the satellite complement of orbital plane 4 in the Iridium constellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 7 Long March 2C/SD flights
- Date and time
- 25 March 1998, 17:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 2C/SD
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 7, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1998-018
- Launches in 1998
- 19th of 82
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