Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 22 at a glance.
Uptime
10121
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 22.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IRIDIUM 22
International designator: 1997-043E
Object number (NORAD): 24907
Object ID (CCSDS): 24907
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.284 minutes
Inclination: 86.3937 deg
SMA: 7150.119 km
Apoapsis: 773.649 km
Periapsis: 770.318 km
RAAN: 131.4586 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002329
Argument of periapsis: 91.2329 deg
Mean anomaly: 268.9135 deg
Mean motion: 14.35928782 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000482 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015963 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 7, 2025, 3:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 6, 2025, 10:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 22
TLE line 1: 1 24907U 97043E 25126.93227436 .00000482 00000-0 15963-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 24907 86.3937 131.4586 0002329 91.2329 268.9135 14.35928782450855
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 22.
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 22 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta II | Iridium 22 to 26’, on board a Delta II space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 21, 1997, 12:38 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Delta II | Iridium 22 to 26
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 21, 1997, 12:38 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta II
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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