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IRIDIUM 21

NORAD 25778 · Payload · Reentered 2018-05-24

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Launched
1999-06-11 · Taiyuan, China
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
655 kg
Size
3.5 × 1 m · 5 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
128 × 171 km
Inclination
86.4°
Period
87.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0033
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.