Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 33 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9886
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1997-051SP
Object number (NORAD): 35805
Object ID (CCSDS): 35805
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: Oct. 8, 2024
Period: 98.874 minutes
Inclination: 86.3158 deg
SMA: 7082.955 km
Apoapsis: 750.093 km
Periapsis: 659.548 km
RAAN: 352.6613 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0063917
Argument of periapsis: 194.8561 deg
Mean anomaly: 165.0772 deg
Mean motion: 14.56401115 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00032843 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0071685 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Feb. 12, 2024, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Feb. 11, 2024, 2:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 33 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35805U 97051SP 24042.59844692 .00032843 00000-0 71685-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 35805 86.3158 352.6613 0063917 194.8561 165.0772 14.56401115757836
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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