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IRIDIUM 109

NORAD 41919 · Payload · In orbit since 2017

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Launched
2017-01-14 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
860 kg
Size
3.1 × 1.5 m · 9.4 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
776 × 779 km
Inclination
86.4°
Period
100.2 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
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.