Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 5 at a glance.
Uptime
10394
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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 5.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IRIDIUM 5
International designator: 1997-020D
Object number (NORAD): 24795
Object ID (CCSDS): 24795
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.271 minutes
Inclination: 86.3931 deg
SMA: 6958.089 km
Apoapsis: 654.856 km
Periapsis: 505.052 km
RAAN: 26.6856 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01076475
Argument of periapsis: 55.2342 deg
Mean anomaly: 305.8963 deg
Mean motion: 14.95780202 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008711 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00069200133 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 5:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 5
TLE line 1: 1 24795U 97020D 25291.74484943 .00008711 00000-0 69200-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 24795 86.3931 26.6856 0107647 55.2342 305.8963 14.95780202503929
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 5.
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 5 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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