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 43 1997-069A | Payload | re-entered 2018-02-11 | |
| IRIDIUM 41 1997-069B | Payload | re-entered 2018-07-28 | |
| IRIDIUM 40 1997-069C | Payload | re-entered 2018-09-23 | |
| IRIDIUM 39 1997-069D | Payload | 712 × 740 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 38 1997-069E | Payload | 763 × 764 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| DELTA 2 R/B 1997-069F | Rocket body | re-entered 1998-04-26 |
COSPAR ID 1997-069. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).