Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 44 at a glance.
Uptime
10072
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: 99.982 minutes
Inclination: 86.3961 deg
SMA: 7135.803 km
Apoapsis: 759.13 km
Periapsis: 756.206 km
RAAN: 213.4781 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002049
Argument of periapsis: 40.3636 deg
Mean anomaly: 319.7715 deg
Mean motion: 14.40252051 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000277 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000081209 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 2:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 44
TLE line 1: 1 25078U 97077B 25186.61034489 .00000277 00000-0 81209-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 25078 86.3961 213.4781 0002049 40.3636 319.7715 14.40252051446359
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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