Contact: Christine Nelson McDonnell Douglas (800) 759-8888, PIN 1738783

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., May 3, 1997 -- Today's launch of a McDonnell Douglas [NYSE: MD] Delta II launch vehicle carrying five IRIDIUM® system communications satellites was scrubbed due to upper level winds.

The launch has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 4, 1997. The five-second launch window opens at 8:01:04 a.m. PDT. Satellite TV coordinates for the launch are SBS-6 Transponder 9 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. PDT.

There will be a post-launch media briefing two hours after liftoff at the Spaceport Inn, 3955 Apollo Way, Lompoc, Calif.

Media not attending the launch can participate via a teleconference at 10:15 a.m. PDT. A reservation must be made in advance by calling American Teleconferencing at (800) 289-0579 for United States media and (719) 386-0025 for media calls originating from outside the United States. Reference the Iridium post-launch press conference. The revised dial-in number the day of the launch is (800) 967-7140 for United States media and (719) 448-2000 for those outside the United States. Reference number 334856.

Representatives from McDonnell Douglas, Motorola and Iridium will be present at the press conference.

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