Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 22 at a glance.
Uptime
10342
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: 100.27 minutes
Inclination: 86.3965 deg
SMA: 7149.48 km
Apoapsis: 772.96 km
Periapsis: 769.729 km
RAAN: 39.4742 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00022593
Argument of periapsis: 96.2545 deg
Mean anomaly: 263.8909 deg
Mean motion: 14.36121278 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000511 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016877561 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 22
TLE line 1: 1 24907U 97043E 25346.21993225 .00000511 00000-0 16878-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 24907 86.3965 39.4742 0002259 96.2545 263.8909 14.36121278482320
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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