Space AtlasIRIDIUM 53
NORAD 25173 · Payload · Reentered 2018-09-30
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- 1998-02-18 · 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
- 111 × 172 km
- Inclination
- 86.8°
- Period
- 87.2 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0047
- 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.