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IRIDIUM 132
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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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