Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
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 15 1997-034A | Payload | re-entered 2018-10-14 | |
| IRIDIUM 17 1997-034B | Payload | 763 × 766 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 920 1997-034C | Payload | 745 × 759 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 18 1997-034D | Payload | re-entered 2018-08-19 | |
| IRIDIUM 921 1997-034E | Payload | re-entered 2025-02-13 | |
| DELTA 2 R/B 1997-034F | Rocket body | re-entered 1998-03-30 | |
| IRIDIUM 921 DEB 1997-034G | Debris | re-entered 1997-09-10 | |
| IRIDIUM 921 DEB 1997-034H | Debris | re-entered 1998-02-10 |
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| IRIDIUM 921 DEB 1997-034J | Debris | re-entered 1997-11-04 |
COSPAR ID 1997-034. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).