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2024-0952

IRIDIUM 2

IRIDIUM 2 (NORAD 25527) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 June 2024 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 25 years, 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
25527
International designator
1998-066A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
6 Nov 1998Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jun 2024Recorded time 17:02 UTC
Time in orbit
25 years, 7 months9,368 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
85.5°N to 85.5°SFinal inclination 85.5°
Mass
662 kg
Operator
Iridium
Built by
Motorola / LMMS/Sunnyvale
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 36.0°N, 64.0°W at 17:02 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 85.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.5°N and 85.5°S.

Life in orbit

25 years, 7 months

IRIDIUM 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Came down with IRIDIUM 2

10 entries
2024-0957PSLV R/B2024-0954M-CUBED/EXP-1 PRIME2024-0955EXOCUBE2024-0956MAX VALIER SAT2024-0961GRAVITY-1 R/B2024-0951DELTA 1 DEB2024-0953COSMOS 2251 DEB2024-0958CZ-2C DEB2024-0959COSMOS 1408 DEB2024-0960CZ-2D DEB

From the same launch

1998-066
1999-0013DELTA 2 R/B2000-0401IRIDIUM 852018-0187IRIDIUM 862018-0206IRIDIUM 842018-0211IRIDIUM 83
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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