Space AtlasIRIDIUM 33
NORAD 24946 · Payload · In orbit since 1997
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1997-09-14 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Communications
- Mass
- 662 kg
- Size
- 3.5 × 1 m · 5 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 769 × 780 km
- Inclination
- 86.4°
- Period
- 100.2 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008
- Orbit data
- Live orbit: current tracking elements
- Constellation
- Iridium
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.