Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver 10 satellites to low Earth orbit for Iridium, a global leader in mobile voice and data satellite communications. This is the seventh set of 10 satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium’s next generation global…
What it put in orbit
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 10 satellites fly one behind another, a “train” you can see as a line of moving stars. When will it cross your sky?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRIDIUM 160 2018-061A | Payload | 776 × 779 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 166 2018-061B | Payload | 776 × 779 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 158 2018-061C | Payload | 776 × 779 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 165 2018-061D | Payload | 775 × 779 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 155 2018-061E | Payload | 776 × 779 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 154 2018-061F | Payload | 776 × 779 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 163 2018-061G | Payload | 776 × 779 km · 86.4° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 156 2018-061H | Payload | 776 × 779 km · 86.4° | Globe |
Show all 10 objects
COSPAR ID 2018-061. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).