CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0056
IRIDIUM 14
IRIDIUM 14 (NORAD 25777) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 March 2019 over the Arctic Ocean, after 19 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25777
International designator
1999-032A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Jun 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Mar 2019Recorded time 05:19 UTC
Time in orbit
19 years, 9 months7,217 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.6°N to 86.6°SFinal inclination 86.6°
Mass
655 kg
Operator
Built by
Motorola
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 77.0°N, 130.0°W at 05:19 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 86.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.6°N and 86.6°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 9 monthsIRIDIUM 14’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1999-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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