Constellation Status
What's up with Iridium Satellites
Orbital planes
Which satellite goes where
Orbital plane | Operational Satellites | Spares |
---|---|---|
1 | 145, 143, 140, 148, 150, 153, 144, 149, 146, 142, 157 | 124 |
2 | 134, 141, 137, 116, 135, 151, 120, 113, 138, 130, 131 | 115 |
3 | 117, 168, 180, 123, 126, 167, 171, 121, 118, 172, 173 | 175, 176, 170 |
4 | 119, 122, 128, 107, 132, 129, 100, 133, 125, 136, 139 | 169 |
5 | 158, 160, 159, 163, 165, 166, 154, 164, 108, 155, 156 | 105 |
6 | 102, 112, 104, 114, 103, 109, 106, 152, 147, 110, 111 | 162, 161 |
Total 6 | Total 66 | Total 9 |
Source: http://www.rod.sladen.org.uk/iridium.htm
Last update: 2020-03-11
Launches
Where/when did satellites launch
Date | Site | Vehicle | Satellites |
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1997-05-05 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
1997-06-18 | Baikonur | Proton-K/17S40 | 9, 10, 911, 12, 13, 914, 16 |
1997-07-09 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 15, 17, 18, 920, 921 |
1997-08-21 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 |
1997-09-01 | Taiyuan | Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD | 0 |
1997-09-14 | Baikonur | Proton-K/17S40 | 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 |
1997-09-27 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 19, 34, 35, 36, 37 |
1997-11-09 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 38, 39, 40, 41, 43 |
1997-12-08 | Taiyuan | Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD | 42, 44 |
1997-12-20 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 |
1998-02-18 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 50, 52, 53, 54, 56 |
1998-03-25 | Taiyuan | Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD | 51, 61 |
1998-03-30 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 55, 57, 58, 59, 60 |
1998-04-07 | Baikonur | Proton-K/17S40 | 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 |
1998-05-02 | Taiyuan | Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD | 69, 71 |
1998-05-17 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 70, 72, 73, 74, 75 |
1998-08-19 | Taiyuan | Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD | 3, 76 |
1998-09-08 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 77, 79, 80, 81, 82 |
1998-11-06 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 2, 83, 84, 85, 86 |
1998-12-19 | Taiyuan | Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD | 11, 20 |
1999-06-11 | Taiyuan | Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD | 14, 21 |
2002-02-11 | Vandenberg | Delta II 7920-10C | 90, 91, 94, 95, 96 |
2002-06-20 | Plesetsk | Rokot/Briz-KM | 97, 98 |
2017-01-14 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 FT | 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 111, 112, 114 |
2017-06-25 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 FT | 113, 115, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 126, 128 |
2017-10-09 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 B4 | 100, 107, 119, 122, 125, 129, 132, 133, 136, 139 |
2017-12-23 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 FT | 116, 130, 131, 134, 135, 137, 138, 141, 151, 153 |
2018-03-30 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 B4 | 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 150, 157 |
2018-05-22 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 B4 | 110, 147, 152, 161, 162 |
2018-07-25 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 B5 | 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166 |
2019-01-11 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 B5 | 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 180 |
Total 31 launches | Total 171 satellites |