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Iridium 77
Communications satellite operated by Iridium Communications.. Iridium 77 was launched on September 8, 1998 aboard a Delta 7920-10C from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 22, 2017).
COSPAR 1998-051ENORAD 25471United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Iridium 77
- Payload designation
- Iridium SV077
- International designator
- 1998-051E
- NORAD catalog number
- 25471
- GCAT identifier
- S25471
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/353
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Iridium
- Owner
- Iridium
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Motorola Satellite Communications
- Platform (bus)
- LM700
Launch
- Date
- September 8, 1998 · 21:13 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-051Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7920-10C
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/P
- Perigee
- 704 km
- Apogee
- 708 km
- Inclination
- 86.52°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 22, 2017
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- August 2017
Size
- Mass
- 662 kg
- Dry mass
- 556 kg
- Length
- 3.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16064294 (CC0).