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To: Larry L who wrote (276)	12/5/1997 1:21:00 PM
From: Ted Downs	Respond to of 2693

Next Launch Schedule on PR news Wire dljdirect.com

To: Larry L who wrote (276)	12/6/1997 12:32:00 AM
From: SidStock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2693

Larry, The long march 2C is a good launch vehicle. It is the bigger long march 3's that had all the problems(and took out the hotel). The 2's are supposed to be very reliable. It is a small rocket and that is why it takes up only 2 birds. They had a successful trial launch earlier using dummy iridium birds on the long march 2C to test the deployment piece. So this launch should be a piece of cake. I beileve I* is using the long march to fill out an orbital plane after a the Delta II launch. They need 6 in each plane, and the delta only carries 5 birds. Thus they are putting 7 into each orbital plane. Lossing a few here and there and keeping a few more as spares gives them the 6 to 7 in each plane they need. -Sid

To: Larry L who wrote (276)	12/9/1997 2:01:00 PM
From: Fledermaus	Respond to of 2693

Yes, but perhaps you have noticed Iridium had another launch forecasted for the 15 of December (now with launch date TBD). Look at www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/mixfleet. Isn't it interesting that the date is now TBD (I just saw another message saying it is scheduled for the 20th). Could it have been a backup in case the Long March launch failed? Probably yes. Notice Globalstar's first launch is scheduled for Feb. Globalstar has postponed their first launch for several times already.