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IRIDIUM 130
Global Mobile Satellite Network (Iridium NEXT) · Iridium Communications
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Part of the Iridium NEXT constellation, one of the last satellites launched to complete the full 66-satellite replacement of Iridium's original network. With this deployment complete by 2019, Iridium secured a modernized, mesh-networked, globally continuous satellite communications system expected to serve customers well into the 2030s.
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
- 43073
- Int’l designator
- 2017-083D
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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