Launched a pair of Iridium satellites (Iridium 70 and 75) from Vandenberg into the Iridium low-Earth-orbit mobile communications constellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 9th
- of 17 Delta II 7920-10C flights
- Date and time
- 17 May 1998, 21:16 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7920-10C
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1998-032
- Launches in 1998
- 33rd of 82
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas