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IRIDIUM 6

decayedleo

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Identification

NORAD / COSPAR: 24794 / 1997-020C
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: 23 Dec 2017

Orbital parameters

Period: 87.39 min
Inclination: 86.35°
Apoapsis: 170 km
Periapsis: 120 km
Mean altitude: 145 km
Semi-major axis: 6516 km
Eccentricity: 0.00387

TrackingLive tracker

TLE epoch: 12/23/2017, 6:59:30 AM
Source: Space-Track

1 24794U 97020C   17357.29133070  .33479621 -16083-5  31051-3 0  9994
2 24794  86.3482 237.4619 0038730  97.6871 263.3574 16.47860342 80605