CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0135
IRIDIUM 65
IRIDIUM 65 (NORAD 25288) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 July 2018 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 20 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25288
International designator
1998-021D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
7 Apr 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jul 2018Recorded time 00:04 UTC
Time in orbit
20 years, 3 months7,408 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.4°N to 86.4°SFinal inclination 86.4°
Mass
662 kg
Operator
Built by
Motorola / LMMS/Sunnyvale
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 18.0°N, 62.0°W at 00:04 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 86.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.4°N and 86.4°S.
Life in orbit
20 years, 3 monthsIRIDIUM 65’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1998-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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