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Global Mobile Satellite Network (Iridium NEXT) · Iridium Communications

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One of the Iridium NEXT satellites, part of a network whose predecessor generation created the famous 'Iridium flare' phenomenon — brief, brilliant flashes of reflected sunlight bright enough to see in broad daylight, once predictable to the second by amateur astronomy software. Iridium NEXT's redesigned antennas quietly ended this era when the last flare-capable original satellite deorbited.

Its orbit

Orbit
Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
Altitude
485–487 mi (780–783 km)
Inclination
86.4°
One orbit
100.3 minutes14.4 orbits a day
NORAD ID
42961
Int’l designator
2017-061G
Launched
2017

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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