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Launch · COSPAR 1998-032 · 17 May 1998

IRIDIUM 70

Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California · US34.74°, -120.57°

Payloads

5

Catalogued objects

7

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

1

Decayed

6

86% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Launch site: Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), CaliforniaVandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 7

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Payload Payload · 5

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
IRIDIUM 70Iridium NEXT253421998-032ADecayedLEO112 / 187 km86.55°11 Oct 2018Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 72Iridium NEXT253431998-032BDecayedLEO131 / 196 km86.36°14 May 2018Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 73Iridium NEXT253441998-032CUnknownLEO717 / 719 km86.44°on orbitIridium Communications
IRIDIUM 74Iridium NEXT253451998-032DDecayedLEO93 / 317 km86.43°11 Jun 2017Iridium Communications
IRIDIUM 75Iridium NEXT253461998-032EDecayedLEO122 / 185 km86.53°10 Jul 2018Iridium Communications

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
DELTA 2 R/B253471998-032FDecayedLEO141 / 151 km84.07°15 May 1999—

Debris Debris · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
IRIDIUM DEB253481998-032GDecayedLEO341 / 410 km86.54°03 Jun 1998—

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
1998-032
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
17 May 1998
Launch site
Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California
Site code
AFWTR
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYHJR7P34BWJDMNNHYV

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1998-032; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.