Launch time18 Jun 199714:02:45 UTC
success
Orbit: LEO
Serial number: 390-02
Commercial launch conducted by Khrunichev, first Proton-K launch with Block DM2 upper stage.
Rocket ProtonK/DM2 8K82K/17S40
launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 81/23Kazakhstan
Payloads
| Name | Purpose | Mass | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iridium 10 | Communications | - | - |
| Iridium 11 | Communications | - | - |
| Iridium 12 | Communications | - | - |
| Iridium 13 | Communications | - | - |
| Iridium 14 | Communications | - | - |
| Iridium 16 | Communications | - | - |
| Iridium 9 | Communications | - | - |