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IRIDIUM 46

decayedleo

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Identification

NORAD / COSPAR: 24905 / 1997-043C
Constellation: UNCLASSIFIED
Object type: PAYLOAD
Country / owner: United States
Operator: Various

Launch

Launch date: 21 Aug 1997
Launch site: N/A
Launch vehicle: N/A
Decay date: 11 May 2019

Orbital parameters

Period: 87.10 min
Inclination: 86.33°
Apoapsis: 135 km
Periapsis: 126 km
Mean altitude: 131 km
Semi-major axis: 6502 km
Eccentricity: 0.00070

TrackingLive tracker

TLE epoch: 5/11/2019, 7:03:10 PM
Source: Space-Track

1 24905U 97043C   19131.79387008  .70300962 -16113-5  50203-3 0  9998
2 24905  86.3340 285.7280 0006996 272.9672  87.2952 16.53345512142581