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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 62 1998-021A | Payload | re-entered 2018-11-07 | |
| IRIDIUM 63 1998-021B | Payload | 767 × 770 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 64 1998-021C | Payload | re-entered 2019-04-01 | |
| IRIDIUM 65 1998-021D | Payload | re-entered 2018-07-19 | |
| IRIDIUM 66 1998-021E | Payload | re-entered 2018-08-23 | |
| IRIDIUM 67 1998-021F | Payload | re-entered 2018-07-02 | |
| IRIDIUM 68 1998-021G | Payload | re-entered 2018-06-06 |
COSPAR ID 1998-021. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).