IRIDIUM 51

NORAD 25262 · Payload · Reentered 2026-03-14

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Launched: 1998-03-25 · Taiyuan, China
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Communications
Mass: 667 kg
Size: 3.5 × 1 m · 5 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 149 × 165 km
Inclination: 86.3°
Period: 87.5 min
Eccentricity: 0.0012
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.