CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0165
IRIDIUM 76
IRIDIUM 76 (NORAD 25432) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 August 2018 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 20 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25432
International designator
1998-048B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
19 Aug 1998Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Aug 2018Recorded time 10:24 UTC
Time in orbit
20 years7,314 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.7°N to 86.7°SFinal inclination 86.7°
Mass
667 kg
Operator
Built by
Motorola
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 53.9°S, 65.2°W at 10:24 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 86.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.7°N and 86.7°S.
Life in orbit
20 yearsIRIDIUM 76’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1998-048
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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