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IRIDIUM 23

decayedleo

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Identification

NORAD / COSPAR: 24906 / 1997-043D
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: 28 Mar 2018

Orbital parameters

Period: 87.55 min
Inclination: 86.37°
Apoapsis: 177 km
Periapsis: 130 km
Mean altitude: 153 km
Semi-major axis: 6524 km
Eccentricity: 0.00362

TrackingLive tracker

TLE epoch: 3/27/2018, 9:00:46 PM
Source: Space-Track

1 24906U 97043D   18086.87553626  .19764642 -20654-5  29789-3 0  9999
2 24906  86.3745 133.0244 0036215 207.4806 152.7376 16.44735229 79030