Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 44 at a glance.
Uptime
10180
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 44.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IRIDIUM 44
International designator: 1997-077B
Object number (NORAD): 25078
Object ID (CCSDS): 25078
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.975 minutes
Inclination: 86.4006 deg
SMA: 7135.425 km
Apoapsis: 758.947 km
Periapsis: 755.633 km
RAAN: 168.2283 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002322
Argument of periapsis: 35.5891 deg
Mean anomaly: 324.5463 deg
Mean motion: 14.40366485 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000707 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002167714 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 10:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 44
TLE line 1: 1 25078U 97077B 25293.94790101 .00000707 00000-0 21677-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 25078 86.4006 168.2283 0002322 35.5891 324.5463 14.40366485461805
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 44.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object IRIDIUM 44.
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 44 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C/SD | Iridium 42 & 44’, on board a Long March 2C/SD space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 8, 1997, 7:16 a.m. from Launch Complex 7.
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Long March 2C/SD | Iridium 42 & 44
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 8, 1997, 7:16 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2C/SD
Launch pad: Launch Complex 7
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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