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IRIDIUM 141
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Iridium 141, one of the 66 operational Iridium NEXT satellites providing global mobile satellite phone and data coverage. This satellite is part of the eight-launch SpaceX campaign that replaced Iridium's original 1990s constellation between 2017 and 2019.
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
- 43077
- Int’l designator
- 2017-083H
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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