Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 17 at a glance.
Uptime
10281
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 17.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IRIDIUM 17
International designator: 1997-034B
Object number (NORAD): 24870
Object ID (CCSDS): 24870
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.147 minutes
Inclination: 86.399 deg
SMA: 7143.643 km
Apoapsis: 768.117 km
Periapsis: 762.898 km
RAAN: 203.3613 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00036529
Argument of periapsis: 105.1537 deg
Mean anomaly: 255.0065 deg
Mean motion: 14.37881813 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000766 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024764784 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, 8:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 17
TLE line 1: 1 24870U 97034B 25242.85322225 .00000766 00000-0 24765-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 24870 86.3990 203.3613 0003653 105.1537 255.0065 14.37881813474311
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 17.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object IRIDIUM 17.
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 17 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta II | Iridium 15’, on board a Delta II space rocket.
The launch took place on July 9, 1997, 1:04 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Delta II | Iridium 15
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 9, 1997, 1:04 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta II
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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