IRIDIUM 173
NORAD 43925 · Payload · In orbit since 2019
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 2019-01-11 · 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.