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IRIDIUM 53

decayedleo

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Identification

NORAD / COSPAR: 25173 / 1998-010E
Constellation: UNCLASSIFIED
Object type: PAYLOAD
Country / owner: United States
Operator: Various

Launch

Launch date: 18 Feb 1998
Launch site: N/A
Launch vehicle: N/A
Decay date: 30 Sep 2018

Orbital parameters

Period: 87.31 min
Inclination: 86.76°
Apoapsis: 172 km
Periapsis: 111 km
Mean altitude: 141 km
Semi-major axis: 6512 km
Eccentricity: 0.00466

TrackingLive tracker

TLE epoch: 9/30/2018, 12:54:30 PM
Source: Space-Track

1 25173U 98010E   18273.53785714  .34707118 -17741-5  23581-3 0  9996
2 25173  86.7590 152.9558 0046636 110.0323 251.7763 16.49210048 79399