Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 33 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
10097
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 16.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.3
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for IRIDIUM 33 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: IRIDIUM 33 DEB
International designator: 1997-051DR
Object number (NORAD): 34106
Object ID (CCSDS): 34106
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: May 7, 2025
Period: 88.731 minutes
Inclination: 86.3019 deg
SMA: 6589.877 km
Apoapsis: 220.927 km
Periapsis: 202.558 km
RAAN: 73.2402 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013937
Argument of periapsis: 176.8982 deg
Mean anomaly: 183.2405 deg
Mean motion: 16.22881338 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.12971089 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0054182 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 3, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 3, 2025, 8:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 33 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 34106U 97051DR 25123.86671754 .12971089 -14171-5 54182-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 34106 86.3019 73.2402 0013937 176.8982 183.2405 16.22881338858865
Live tracking on map
Satellite IRIDIUM 33 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
In-orbit conjunctions
Satellite IRIDIUM 33 DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.
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 33 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton-K/17S40 | Iridium 27 to 33’, on board a Proton-K/17S40 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 14, 1997, 1:36 a.m. from 81/23 (81L).
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Proton-K/17S40 | Iridium 27 to 33
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 14, 1997, 1:36 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton-K/17S40
Launch pad: 81/23 (81L)
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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