Re: failed iridiums

Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 13:27:45 -0600

At 02:44 PM 6/1/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Did Iridium 48 fail?
>On the Visual Stellite Home Page, iridium 48 is not listed as a failed
>satellite, but on mike's site, it is listed as failed.
>So iridium 85 failed, one less satellite to produce those great flares.
>
>Kevin

There is a Long March scheduled to launch two more Iridiums on 7 Jun
and another five on delta in August. I will provide a prelaunch elset
for the 7 Jun launch when a launch time is announced.

Ron Lee