IRIDIUM SATELLITES

The Iridium satellite constellation is a system of 66 active communication satellites and spares around the Earth. It allows worldwide voice and data communications using handheld devices. The Iridium network is unique in that it covers the whole earth, including poles, oceans and airways. The satellites used are frequently visible in the night sky as short-lived bright flashes, known as Iridium flares. The Iridium satellites orbit at an altitude of approximately 483 miles above the earth (and travel at approximately 16,689 mph resulting in a complete orbit of the earth approximately every 100 minutes).

The table is sortable. Please click on the header for ascending/descending sorting. To see all satellites in this category on a single page (it may crash your browser), click here.

Name	NORAD ID	Int'l Code	Launch date	Period [minutes]
IRIDIUM 179	56730	2023-068W	May 20, 2023	97.3
IRIDIUM 178	56729	2023-068V	May 20, 2023	97.3
IRIDIUM 174	56728	2023-068U	May 20, 2023	97.3
IRIDIUM 177	56727	2023-068T	May 20, 2023	97.3
IRIDIUM 181	56726	2023-068S	May 20, 2023	99.8
IRIDIUM 167	43931	2019-002K	January 11, 2019	100.4
IRIDIUM 170	43930	2019-002J	January 11, 2019	97.8
IRIDIUM 171	43929	2019-002H	January 11, 2019	100.4
IRIDIUM 175	43928	2019-002G	January 11, 2019	97.8
IRIDIUM 172	43927	2019-002F	January 11, 2019	100.4
IRIDIUM 169	43926	2019-002E	January 11, 2019	100.1
IRIDIUM 173	43925	2019-002D	January 11, 2019	100.4
IRIDIUM 168	43924	2019-002C	January 11, 2019	100.4
IRIDIUM 176	43923	2019-002B	January 11, 2019	97.8
IRIDIUM 180	43922	2019-002A	January 11, 2019	100.4
IRIDIUM 159	43578	2018-061K	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 164	43577	2018-061J	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 156	43576	2018-061H	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 163	43575	2018-061G	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 154	43574	2018-061F	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 155	43573	2018-061E	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 165	43572	2018-061D	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 158	43571	2018-061C	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 166	43570	2018-061B	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 160	43569	2018-061A	July 25, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 162	43482	2018-047G	May 22, 2018	99.8
IRIDIUM 110	43481	2018-047F	May 22, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 147	43480	2018-047E	May 22, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 152	43479	2018-047D	May 22, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 161	43478	2018-047C	May 22, 2018	99.8
IRIDIUM 143	43258	2018-030C	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 150	43257	2018-030B	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 142	43256	2018-030J	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 148	43255	2018-030I	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 146	43254	2018-030H	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 145	43253	2018-030G	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 140	43252	2018-030F	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 157	43251	2018-030E	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 149	43250	2018-030D	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 144	43249	2018-030A	March 30, 2018	100.4
IRIDIUM 131	43079	2017-083K	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 153	43078	2017-083J	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 141	43077	2017-083H	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 137	43076	2017-083G	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 134	43075	2017-083F	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 151	43074	2017-083E	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 130	43073	2017-083D	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 116	43072	2017-083C	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 138	43071	2017-083B	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 135	43070	2017-083A	December 23, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 125	42964	2017-061K	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 139	42963	2017-061J	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 136	42962	2017-061H	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 132	42961	2017-061G	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 107	42960	2017-061F	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 119	42959	2017-061E	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 129	42958	2017-061D	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 122	42957	2017-061C	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 100	42956	2017-061B	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 133	42955	2017-061A	October 9, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 121	42812	2017-039K	June 25, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 128	42811	2017-039J	June 25, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 124	42810	2017-039H	June 25, 2017	99.8
IRIDIUM 126	42809	2017-039G	June 25, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 117	42808	2017-039F	June 25, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 118	42807	2017-039E	June 25, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 115	42806	2017-039D	June 25, 2017	99.8
IRIDIUM 120	42805	2017-039C	June 25, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 123	42804	2017-039B	June 25, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 113	42803	2017-039A	June 25, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 111	41926	2017-003K	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 112	41925	2017-003J	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 108	41924	2017-003H	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 114	41923	2017-003G	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 104	41922	2017-003F	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 105	41921	2017-003E	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 102	41920	2017-003D	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 109	41919	2017-003C	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 103	41918	2017-003B	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 106	41917	2017-003A	January 14, 2017	100.4
IRIDIUM 82	25467	1998-051A	September 8, 1998	94.8
IRIDIUM 73	25344	1998-032C	May 17, 1998	99.2
IRIDIUM 71	25320	1998-026B	May 2, 1998	99.9
IRIDIUM 69	25319	1998-026A	May 2, 1998	100
IRIDIUM 63	25286	1998-021B	April 7, 1998	100.3
IRIDIUM 57	25273	1998-019B	March 30, 1998	100.3
IRIDIUM 51	25262	1998-018A	March 25, 1998	94.6
IRIDIUM 24	25105	1997-082B	December 20, 1997	99.9
IRIDIUM 45	25104	1997-082A	December 20, 1997	95.3
IRIDIUM 44	25078	1997-077B	December 8, 1997	100
IRIDIUM 42	25077	1997-077A	December 8, 1997	100.3
IRIDIUM 38	25043	1997-069E	November 9, 1997	100.2
IRIDIUM 39	25042	1997-069D	November 9, 1997	99.4
IRIDIUM 36	24967	1997-056C	September 27, 1997	100.2
IRIDIUM 28	24948	1997-051E	September 14, 1997	100.2
IRIDIUM 33	24946	1997-051C	September 14, 1997	100.4
IRIDIUM 29	24944	1997-051A	September 14, 1997	100.3
DUMMY MASS 2	24926	1997-048B	September 1, 1997	96.9
DUMMY MASS 1	24925	1997-048A	September 1, 1997	96.9
IRIDIUM 22	24907	1997-043E	August 21, 1997	100.3
IRIDIUM 26	24903	1997-043A	August 21, 1997	100.2
IRIDIUM 921	24873	1997-034E	July 9, 1997	92.1
IRIDIUM 920	24871	1997-034C	July 9, 1997	99.9
IRIDIUM 17	24870	1997-034B	July 9, 1997	100.2
IRIDIUM 911	24842	1997-030G	June 18, 1997	99.5
IRIDIUM 16	24841	1997-030F	June 18, 1997	100.1
IRIDIUM 914	24836	1997-030A	June 18, 1997	100
IRIDIUM 4	24796	1997-020E	May 5, 1997	100.2
IRIDIUM 5	24795	1997-020D	May 5, 1997	96.6
IRIDIUM 7	24793	1997-020B	May 5, 1997	100.3

« Back