CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0401
IRIDIUM 85
IRIDIUM 85 (NORAD 25529) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 2000, after 2 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25529
International designator
1998-066C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Nov 1998Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 1 month785 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.0°N to 86.0°SFinal inclination 86.0°
Mass
662 kg
Operator
Built by
Motorola / LMMS/Sunnyvale
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 86.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.0°N and 86.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 1 monthIRIDIUM 85’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Dec 2000
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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