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IRIDIUM 181
Global Mobile Satellite Network (Iridium NEXT) · Iridium Communications
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Iridium 181, 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
- 466–468 mi (750–753 km)
- Inclination
- 86.5°
- One orbit
- 99.7 minutes14.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 56726
- Int’l designator
- 2023-068S
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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