Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 24 at a glance.
Uptime
10116
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 24.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IRIDIUM 24
International designator: 1997-082B
Object number (NORAD): 25105
Object ID (CCSDS): 25105
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.85 minutes
Inclination: 86.3879 deg
SMA: 7129.506 km
Apoapsis: 759.332 km
Periapsis: 743.41 km
RAAN: 48.5839 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00111662
Argument of periapsis: 180.6587 deg
Mean anomaly: 179.46 deg
Mean motion: 14.421604 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000854 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00025340205 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, 9:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 24
TLE line 1: 1 25105U 97082B 25242.90105858 .00000854 00000-0 25340-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 25105 86.3879 48.5839 0011166 180.6587 179.4600 14.42160400453981
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 24.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object IRIDIUM 24.
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 24 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta II | Iridium 45 to 49’, on board a Delta II space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 20, 1997, 1:16 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Delta II | Iridium 45 to 49
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 20, 1997, 1:16 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta II
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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