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2018-0188

IRIDIUM 10

IRIDIUM 10 (NORAD 24839) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 October 2018 over North America, after 21 years, 3 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
24839
International designator
1997-030D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
18 Jun 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Oct 2018Recorded time 03:09 UTC
Time in orbit
21 years, 3 months7,780 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.4°N to 86.4°SFinal inclination 86.4°
Mass
662 kg
Operator
Iridium
Built by
Motorola / LMMS/Sunnyvale
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 75.6°N, 107.4°W at 03:09 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 86.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.4°N and 86.4°S.

Life in orbit

21 years, 3 months

IRIDIUM 10’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 6 Oct 2018

1 entry
2018-0189WASEDA-SAT3

From the same launch

1997-030
2003-0049IRIDIUM 092018-0086IRIDIUM 132018-0168IRIDIUM 12In orbitIridium SV014In orbitIridium SV016In orbitIridium SV011
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