Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 33 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
10085
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.2
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: 1997-051ZL
Object number (NORAD): 38236
Object ID (CCSDS): 38236
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Decay date: April 25, 2025
Period: 94.978 minutes
Inclination: 86.2416 deg
SMA: 6895.632 km
Apoapsis: 527.981 km
Periapsis: 507.012 km
RAAN: 75.8019 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015205
Argument of periapsis: 220.5262 deg
Mean anomaly: 139.4848 deg
Mean motion: 15.16148336 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00443636 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.021638 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: April 14, 2025, 3:05 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: April 13, 2025, 5:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 33 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38236U 97051ZL 25103.22218081 .00443636 00000-0 21638-1 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 38236 86.2416 75.8019 0015205 220.5262 139.4848 15.16148336581372
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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