Iridium satellites
Iridium is a low-Earth-orbit voice, data and IoT network at 780 km in a 66-satellite, 6-plane polar (86.4°) constellation with cross-links between satellites. The second-generation Iridium NEXT fleet was completed in 2019.
80
Active satellites
Iridium Communications
Operator
Voice & data / IoT
Category
629–778 km
Altitude
86.2°–86.7°
Inclination
97–100 min
Orbital period
2017
First launch
Orbit distribution
Satellites in this constellation
A sample of Iridium's fleet — open any in the live map. Per-satellite detail pages are rolling out.
- IRIDIUM 100 #42956
- IRIDIUM 102 #41920
- IRIDIUM 103 #41918
- IRIDIUM 104 #41922
- IRIDIUM 105 #41921
- IRIDIUM 106 #41917
- IRIDIUM 107 #42960
- IRIDIUM 108 #41924
- IRIDIUM 109 #41919
- IRIDIUM 110 #43481
- IRIDIUM 111 #41926
- IRIDIUM 112 #41925
- IRIDIUM 113 #42803
- IRIDIUM 114 #41923
- IRIDIUM 115 #42806
Related
Starlink · OneWeb · Kuiper · Qianfan · GPS · Galileo · BeiDou · GLONASS · Globalstar · Planet
Country: United States