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IRIDIUM 18

decayedleo

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Identification

NORAD / COSPAR: 24872 / 1997-034D
Constellation: UNCLASSIFIED
Object type: PAYLOAD
Country / owner: United States
Operator: Various

Launch

Launch date: 09 Jul 1997
Launch site: N/A
Launch vehicle: N/A
Decay date: 19 Aug 2018

Orbital parameters

Period: 87.34 min
Inclination: 86.35°
Apoapsis: 157 km
Periapsis: 128 km
Mean altitude: 143 km
Semi-major axis: 6514 km
Eccentricity: 0.00220

TrackingLive tracker

TLE epoch: 8/19/2018, 12:23:42 PM
Source: Space-Track

1 24872U 97034D   18231.51646522  .16201721 -14869-5  18152-3 0  9996
2 24872  86.3501 195.4595 0021968  78.4687 281.9091 16.48748149106461