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 70 1998-032A | Payload | re-entered 2018-10-11 | |
| IRIDIUM 72 1998-032B | Payload | re-entered 2018-05-14 | |
| IRIDIUM 73 1998-032C | Payload | 716 × 720 km · 86.5° | Globe |
| IRIDIUM 74 1998-032D | Payload | re-entered 2017-06-11 | |
| IRIDIUM 75 1998-032E | Payload | re-entered 2018-07-10 | |
| DELTA 2 R/B 1998-032F | Rocket body | re-entered 1999-05-15 | |
| IRIDIUM DEB 1998-032G | Debris | re-entered 1998-06-03 |
COSPAR ID 1998-032. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).