RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
IRIDIUM 82
IRIDIUM 82 (NORAD 25467) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 August 2026 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 27 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25467
International designator
1998-051A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
8 Sep 1998Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Aug 2026Recorded time 07:10 UTC
Time in orbit
27 years, 11 months10,196 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.3°N to 86.3°SFinal inclination 86.3°
Mass
662 kg
Operator
Built by
Motorola / LMMS/Sunnyvale
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 43.0°N, 9.0°E at 07:10 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 86.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.3°N and 86.3°S.
Life in orbit
27 years, 11 monthsIRIDIUM 82’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Aug 2026
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-051
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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