Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 69 at a glance.
Uptime
9928
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 69.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: IRIDIUM 69
International designator: 1998-026A
Object number (NORAD): 25319
Object ID (CCSDS): 25319
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.932 minutes
Inclination: 86.3965 deg
SMA: 7133.392 km
Apoapsis: 756.887 km
Periapsis: 753.627 km
RAAN: 87.7923 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002285
Argument of periapsis: 21.5168 deg
Mean anomaly: 338.6127 deg
Mean motion: 14.4098209 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000393 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011626 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, 5:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 69
TLE line 1: 1 25319U 98026A 25186.24699865 .00000393 00000-0 11626-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 25319 86.3965 87.7923 0002285 21.5168 338.6127 14.40982090425665
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 69.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object IRIDIUM 69.
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 69 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C/SD | Iridium 69 & 71’, on board a Long March 2C/SD space rocket.
The launch took place on May 2, 1998, 9:16 a.m. from Launch Complex 7.
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Long March 2C/SD | Iridium 69 & 71
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 2, 1998, 9:16 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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