Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 7 at a glance.
Uptime
10345
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for IRIDIUM 7.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IRIDIUM 7
International designator: 1997-020B
Object number (NORAD): 24793
Object ID (CCSDS): 24793
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.279 minutes
Inclination: 86.4011 deg
SMA: 7149.927 km
Apoapsis: 773.146 km
Periapsis: 770.437 km
RAAN: 145.6755 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00018942
Argument of periapsis: 89.9673 deg
Mean anomaly: 270.1741 deg
Mean motion: 14.35986549 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000531 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017605944 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 7:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 7
TLE line 1: 1 24793U 97020B 25242.80882877 .00000531 00000-0 17606-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 24793 86.4011 145.6755 0001894 89.9673 270.1741 14.35986549482600
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 7.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Iridium provides global mobile telecommunications services using a constellation of 66 low earth orbit satellites in a 86.4° inclined orbit. Although 77 satellites were originally envisioned for the system and spawned the name based on the 77th element in the periodic table, the system has been scaled back. Motorola's Satellite Communications Group designed and manufactured the Iridium satellites with Lockheed Martin providing the LM-700A spacecraft buses.
IRIDIUM 7 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta II | Iridium 04 to 08’, on board a Delta II space rocket.
The launch took place on May 5, 1997, 2:55 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Delta II | Iridium 04 to 08
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 5, 1997, 2:55 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta II
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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