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IRIDIUM 09

decayedleo
Live LEO trackerBrowse UNCLASSIFIED

Identification

NORAD / COSPAR
24838 / 1997-030C
Constellation
UNCLASSIFIED
Object type
PAYLOAD
Country / owner
United States
Operator
Various

Launch

Launch date
18 Jun 1997
Launch site
N/A
Launch vehicle
N/A
Decay date
11 Mar 2003

Orbital parameters

Period
87.46 min
Inclination
86.42°
Apoapsis
153 km
Periapsis
145 km
Mean altitude
149 km
Semi-major axis
6520 km
Eccentricity
0.00064

TrackingLive tracker

TLE epoch
3/11/2003, 12:06:13 AM
Source
Space-Track
1 24838U 97030C   03070.00432100  .30640144 -10971-5  67398-3 0  9996
2 24838 086.4222 315.2893 0006442 225.1811 135.0798 16.46418872308010