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 19 1997-056A | Payload | re-entered 2018-04-07 | |
| IRIDIUM 35 1997-056B | Payload | re-entered 2018-12-26 | |
| IRIDIUM 36 1997-056C | Payload | 764 × 767 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 37 1997-056D | Payload | re-entered 2018-05-26 | |
| IRIDIUM 34 1997-056E | Payload | re-entered 2018-01-08 | |
| DELTA 2 R/B 1997-056F | Rocket body | re-entered 1998-04-18 |
COSPAR ID 1997-056. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).