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IRIDIUM 49

NORAD 25108 · Payload · Reentered 2018-02-13

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Launched
1997-12-20 · Vandenberg, USA
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
119 × 181 km
Inclination
86.4°
Period
87.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0048
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit
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.