CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0057
IRIDIUM 60
IRIDIUM 60 (NORAD 25276) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 March 2019 over the Arctic Ocean, after 20 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25276
International designator
1998-019E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
30 Mar 1998Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Mar 2019Recorded time 05:07 UTC
Time in orbit
20 years, 11 months7,657 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.6°N to 86.6°SFinal inclination 86.6°
Mass
662 kg
Operator
Built by
Motorola / LMMS/Sunnyvale
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 86.0°N, 118.0°W at 05:07 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 86.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.6°N and 86.6°S.
Life in orbit
20 years, 11 monthsIRIDIUM 60’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Mar 2019
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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