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Long March 2C/SD | Iridium MFS 1 & 2

Iridium MFS 1 & 2

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Launch Details

Date: 1 Sept 1997, 02:00 pm UTC

Rocket: Long March 2C/SD (Long March)

Provider: China Aerospace Corporation

Mission

Type: Test Flight

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Launch Complex 7, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission Description

The Iridium-MFS payloads were mass models of the Iridium communications satellites. Two were launched to test the new CZ-2C (2) SD launch vehicle and the payload dispenser.