Key statistics
Satellite IRIDIUM 47 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
10116
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 47 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: IRIDIUM 47 DEB
International designator: 1997-082J
Object number (NORAD): 40249
Object ID (CCSDS): 40249
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.887 minutes
Inclination: 86.3847 deg
SMA: 7131.247 km
Apoapsis: 754.617 km
Periapsis: 751.606 km
RAAN: 74.9561 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00021114
Argument of periapsis: 76.0609 deg
Mean anomaly: 284.0826 deg
Mean motion: 14.41632547 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001724 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00052379057 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 IRIDIUM 47 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 40249U 97082J 25242.53873309 .00001724 00000-0 52379-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 40249 86.3847 74.9561 0002111 76.0609 284.0826 14.41632547573037
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Real-time ground track for satellite IRIDIUM 47 DEB.
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 47 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Delta II | Iridium 45 to 49’, on board a Delta II space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 20, 1997, 1:16 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Delta II | Iridium 45 to 49
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 20, 1997, 1:16 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Delta II
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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