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Iridium 33
Iridium 33
was a
U.S.
Iridium
communications satellite
. It was launched into
low Earth orbit
from
Site 81/23
at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
at 01:36 GMT on 14 September 1997, by a
Proton-K
carrier rocket with a
Block DM2
upper stage. It was operated in Plane 3 of the
Iridium satellite constellation
, with an
ascending node
of 230.9°.
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