IRIDIUM / GPS LAUNCHes

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From: AERONEWS on Wed, Nov 5, 1997 16:56
Subject: LAUNCH ALERT

DELTA II AND IRIDIUM(r) PAIR FOR FIFTH LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., November 5, 1997 -- A Boeing Delta II will boost an
IRIDIUM(r) payload containing five commercial satellites into low-Earth orbit no
earlier than November 8 at 5:34:26 p.m. PST.  
	
Snip.  That would be 01:34:26 UTC 9 Nov., with a 5 sec. window.  Live feed on
Galaxy K7 transponder 16.

NAVSTAR II-28 launched at 19:30 EST (00:30 UTC 6 Nov) with successful spacecraft
separation from the Delta third stage at ~00:55 on a nominal trajectory (~10,000
by 93 nmi, ~35 deg. inclination).

Lynn Tobias

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