IRIDIUM 33 DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite IRIDIUM 33 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

10097

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

86.3

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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: 1997-051KD

Object number (NORAD): 34652

Object ID (CCSDS): 34652

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.638 minutes

Inclination: 86.3296 deg

SMA: 7071.674 km

Apoapsis: 713.67 km

Periapsis: 673.408 km

RAAN: 78.7827 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0028467

Argument of periapsis: 337.4123 deg

Mean anomaly: 175.3648 deg

Mean motion: 14.59887567 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00006743 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0013965 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 4, 2025, 5:21 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 4, 2025, 8:24 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 33 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 34652U 97051KD 25124.35027118 .00006743 00000-0 13965-2 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 34652 86.3296 78.7827 0028467 337.4123 175.3648 14.59887567852374

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 33 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object IRIDIUM 33 DEB.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-12-04 12:59:51 0.0002242008 740.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-11-11 11:01:06 0.0002285274 296.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-11-02 16:51:14 0.0001187448 411.0 (m) DEBRIS
IRIDIUM 73 LEO 2024-11-02 11:16:33 0.0001437244 250.0 (m) PAYLOAD
PSLV R/B SSO 2024-10-27 09:15:25 0.0001541591 479.0 (m) ROCKET BODY

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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Launch to space Proton-K/17S40 | Iridium 27 to 33
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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