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Mission
Communications · LEO
Iridium provides global mobile telecommunications services using a constellation of 66 low earth orbit satellites in a 86.4° inclined orbit. Although 77 satellites were originally envisioned for the system and spawned the name based on the 77th element in the periodic table, the system has been…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRIDIUM 914 1997-030A | Payload | 752 × 757 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 12 1997-030B | Payload | re-entered 2018-09-02 | |
| IRIDIUM 9 1997-030C | Payload | re-entered 2003-03-11 | |
| IRIDIUM 10 1997-030D | Payload | re-entered 2018-10-06 | |
| IRIDIUM 13 1997-030E | Payload | re-entered 2018-04-29 | |
| IRIDIUM 16 1997-030F | Payload | 761 × 762 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 911 1997-030G | Payload | 723 × 740 km · 86.5° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 1997-030. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).