Catalogue · 175 objects

Iridium NEXT communications payloads

Orbit class, mission and constellation are derived · methodology

object type: PAYLOAD
mission type: communications
constellation: iridium-next

Status

Active80
Decayed70
Unknown25

Object type

Payload175

Orbit class

LEO175

Mission

Communications175

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Type	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Launched	Operator	Country
IRIDIUM 179Iridium NEXT	56730	2023-068W	Payload	Active	LEO	628 / 631 km	86.68°	20 May 2023	Iridium Communications	United States
IRIDIUM 178Iridium NEXT	56729	2023-068V	Payload

Catalogue rows come from CelesTrak SATCAT; perigee, apogee and inclination shown here are catalogue values (the detail page shows the latest element set). Facet counts are computed live over the filtered set.