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Iridium 100
Satellite. Iridium 100 was launched on October 9, 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-061BNORAD 42956United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Iridium Next SV127
- Common name
- Iridium 100
- Payload designation
- Iridium Next SV127 (SV100)
- International designator
- 2017-061B
- NORAD catalog number
- 42956
- GCAT identifier
- S42956
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/877
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Iridium Next
- Owner
- Iridium
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Orbital ATK Civil Sats. and Nat. Security Systems
- Platform (bus)
- EliteBus
Launch
- Date
- October 9, 2017 · 12:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-061Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 611 km
- Apogee
- 626 km
- Inclination
- 86.68°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 860 kg
- Dry mass
- 700 kg
- Length
- 3.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 9.4 m
Launched together
Iridium 133Communications · IridiumIridium 122Communications · IridiumIridium 129Communications · IridiumIridium 119Communications · IridiumIridium 107Communications · IridiumIridium 132Communications · IridiumIridium 136Communications · IridiumIridium 139Communications · IridiumIridium 125Communications · Iridium
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471128 (CC0).