Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 914 at a glance.
Uptime
10353
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.4
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for IRIDIUM 914.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IRIDIUM 914
International designator: 1997-030A
Object number (NORAD): 24836
Object ID (CCSDS): 24836
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.931 minutes
Inclination: 86.3911 deg
SMA: 7133.365 km
Apoapsis: 757.361 km
Periapsis: 753.1 km
RAAN: 128.925 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002987
Argument of periapsis: 117.924 deg
Mean anomaly: 242.2262 deg
Mean motion: 14.40990295 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000743 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00022518 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 22, 2025, 12:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:15 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 914
TLE line 1: 1 24836U 97030A 25294.76066810 .00000743 00000-0 22518-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 24836 86.3911 128.9250 0002987 117.9240 242.2262 14.40990295625354
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 914.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object IRIDIUM 914.
Associated 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 914 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/17S40 | Iridium 09 to 14 & Iridium 16’, on board a Proton-K/17S40 space rocket.
The launch took place on June 18, 1997, 2:02 p.m. from 81/23 (81L).
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Proton-K/17S40 | Iridium 09 to 14 & Iridium 16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 18, 1997, 2:02 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/17S40
Launch pad: 81/23 (81L)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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