Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Iridium 10 (Iridium SV010) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
Iridium Satellite LLC |
Users |
Government/Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Polar |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
776 |
Apogee (km) |
779 |
Eccentricity |
0.000209863588667366 |
Inclination (degrees) |
86.4 |
Period (minutes) |
100.4 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
689 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
556 |
Power (watts) |
1,400 (EOL) |
Date of Launch |
18-06-1997 |
Expected Lifetime |
8 yrs. |
Contractor |
Motorola Satellite Communications Group |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Proton K |
COSPAR Number |
1997-030D |
NORAD Number |
24839 |
Comments |
66 satellite constellation with 13 spares; 15-20 ground stations with master control complex in Landsdowne, VA; backup in Italy, third engineering center in Chandler, AZ; Filed for Chapter 11 in 2000; started to let system deorbit. Iridium Satellite LLC purchased assets of Iridium LLC. DoD stepped in-- renewable DoD contract; unlimited airtime to 20,000 govt. workers; mobile voice, data and paging |