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 55 1998-019A | Payload | re-entered 2019-03-31 | |
| IRIDIUM 57 1998-019B | Payload | 769 × 772 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 58 1998-019C | Payload | re-entered 2019-04-07 | |
| IRIDIUM 59 1998-019D | Payload | re-entered 2019-03-11 | |
| IRIDIUM 60 1998-019E | Payload | re-entered 2019-03-17 | |
| DELTA 2 R/B 1998-019F | Rocket body | re-entered 1998-05-11 | |
| IRIDIUM DEB 1998-019G | Debris | re-entered 1998-04-30 | |
| IRIDIUM DEB 1998-019H | Debris | re-entered 1998-04-25 |
COSPAR ID 1998-019. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).