CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0048
IRIDIUM 32
IRIDIUM 32 (NORAD 24945) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 March 2019 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 21 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24945
International designator
1997-051B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Mar 2019Recorded time 15:27 UTC
Time in orbit
21 years, 5 months7,847 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 38.0°N, 17.0°W at 15:27 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, 5 monthsIRIDIUM 32’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Mar 2019
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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