Launch · COSPAR 1997-034 · 09 Jul 1997

IRIDIUM 15

Name: Launch 1997-034 — IRIDIUM 15
Start: 1997-07-09
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

78% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 9

Payload Payload · 5

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
IRIDIUM 15 Iridium NEXT	24869	1997-034A	Decayed	LEO	106 / 138 km	86.38°	14 Oct 2018	Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 17 Iridium NEXT	24870	1997-034B	Unknown	LEO	763 / 766 km	86.39°	on orbit	Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 920 Iridium NEXT	24871	1997-034C	Unknown	LEO	743 / 761 km	86.40°	on orbit	Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 18 Iridium NEXT	24872	1997-034D	Decayed	LEO	128 / 157 km	86.35°	19 Aug 2018	Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 921 Iridium NEXT	24873	1997-034E	Decayed	LEO	146 / 159 km	86.35°	13 Feb 2025	Iridium Communications

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
DELTA 2 R/B	24874	1997-034F	Decayed	LEO	138 / 146 km	82.67°	30 Mar 1998	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
IRIDIUM 921 DEB	24882	1997-034G	Decayed	LEO	392 / 413 km	86.26°	10 Sept 1997	—
IRIDIUM 921 DEB	24885	1997-034H	Decayed	LEO	298 / 311 km	86.33°	10 Feb 1998	—
IRIDIUM 921 DEB	24898	1997-034J	Decayed	LEO	394 / 419 km	86.37°	04 Nov 1997	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1997-034; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.