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IRIDIUM 168
Global Mobile Satellite Network (Iridium NEXT) · Iridium Communications
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Iridium 168, one of the 66 operational Iridium NEXT satellites providing global mobile satellite phone and data coverage. This satellite is one of 66 satellites providing the only commercial network offering genuinely uninterrupted pole-to-pole coverage.
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
- 43924
- Int’l designator
- 2019-002C
- Launched
- 2019
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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