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IRIDIUM 115
Global Mobile Satellite Network (Iridium NEXT) · Iridium Communications
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Part of the Iridium NEXT constellation, hosting Aireon's real-time global aircraft surveillance payload alongside core satellite telephony services. Aireon's ADS-B tracking data is now used by air navigation service providers worldwide to safely reduce aircraft separation distances over oceans, directly saving airlines fuel and time on transoceanic routes.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 466–468 mi (750–753 km)
- Inclination
- 86.4°
- One orbit
- 99.7 minutes14.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 42806
- Int’l designator
- 2017-039D
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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