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 26 1997-043A | Payload | 765 × 768 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 25 1997-043B | Payload | re-entered 2018-05-14 | |
| IRIDIUM 46 1997-043C | Payload | re-entered 2019-05-11 | |
| IRIDIUM 23 1997-043D | Payload | re-entered 2018-03-28 | |
| IRIDIUM 22 1997-043E | Payload | 769 × 772 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| DELTA 2 R/B 1997-043F | Rocket body | re-entered 1997-10-15 | |
| IRIDIUM 23 DEB 1997-043G | Debris | re-entered 1997-08-31 | |
| IRIDIUM 23 DEB 1997-043H | Debris | re-entered 1997-09-04 |
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| IRIDIUM 23 DEB 1997-043J | Debris | re-entered 1997-09-20 |
COSPAR ID 1997-043. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).