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IRIDIUM 8

decayedleo
Live LEO trackerBrowse UNCLASSIFIED

Identification

NORAD / COSPAR
24792 / 1997-020A
Constellation
UNCLASSIFIED
Object type
PAYLOAD
Country / owner
United States
Operator
Various

Launch

Launch date
05 May 1997
Launch site
N/A
Launch vehicle
N/A
Decay date
24 Nov 2017

Orbital parameters

Period
86.84 min
Inclination
86.34°
Apoapsis
135 km
Periapsis
101 km
Mean altitude
118 km
Semi-major axis
6489 km
Eccentricity
0.00258

TrackingLive tracker

TLE epoch
11/24/2017, 12:05:06 PM
Source
Space-Track
1 24792U 97020A   17328.50355308  .99999999 -17679-5  36908-3 0  9999
2 24792  86.3363 249.3166 0025759 119.9357 245.3296 16.58206397 76471