Launch · COSPAR 1997-043 · 21 Aug 1997

IRIDIUM 26

Name: Launch 1997-043 — IRIDIUM 26
Start: 1997-08-21
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 26 Iridium NEXT	24903	1997-043A	Unknown	LEO	765 / 768 km	86.39°	on orbit	Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 25 Iridium NEXT	24904	1997-043B	Decayed	LEO	120 / 168 km	86.41°	14 May 2018	Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 46 Iridium NEXT	24905	1997-043C	Decayed	LEO	126 / 135 km	86.33°	11 May 2019	Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 23 Iridium NEXT	24906	1997-043D	Decayed	LEO	130 / 177 km	86.37°	28 Mar 2018	Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 22 Iridium NEXT	24907	1997-043E	Unknown	LEO	769 / 772 km	86.39°	on orbit	Iridium Communications

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
DELTA 2 R/B	24908	1997-043F	Decayed	LEO	126 / 155 km	82.60°	15 Oct 1997	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
IRIDIUM 23 DEB	24922	1997-043G	Decayed	LEO	374 / 423 km	86.60°	31 Aug 1997	—
IRIDIUM 23 DEB	24923	1997-043H	Decayed	LEO	379 / 428 km	86.64°	04 Sept 1997	—
IRIDIUM 23 DEB	24924	1997-043J	Decayed	LEO	317 / 361 km	86.68°	20 Sept 1997	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1997-043; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.