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The other spacecraft, Iridium 33, was a 560-kilogram (1,200 lb) U.S.-built commercial satellite that was part of the Iridium constellation for satellite phones. [2] It was launched on September 14, 1997, atop a Russian Proton rocket.
The Iridium system was designed to be accessed by small handheld phones, the size of a cell phone. While "the weight of a typical cell phone in the early 1990s was 10.5 ounces" [6] (300 grams) Advertising Age wrote in mid 1999 that "when its phone debuted, weighing 1 pound (453 grams) and costing $3,000, it was viewed as both unwieldly and expensive."
Celestrak provided by Dr. T.S. Kelso, includes visible objects, openly available [22] SpaceTrack maintained by the United States Strategic Command provides orbital information on unclassified satellites requires an account but is available for educational and hobbyist use as well as military, government and spacecraft and payload owners. [23] [24]
The Satellite Catalog Number (SATCAT), also known as NORAD Catalog Number, NORAD ID, USSPACECOM object number, is a sequential nine-digit number assigned by the United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), and previously the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), in the order of launch or discovery to all artificial objects in the orbits of Earth and those that left Earth's orbit. [1]
Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States. Iridium operates the Iridium satellite constellation , a system of 80 satellites: 66 are active satellites and the remaining fourteen function as in-orbit spares. [ 2 ]
An Iridium satellite. The internationally accepted definition of a spaceflight is any flight which crosses the Kármán line, 100 kilometres above sea level.The first spaceflight launch of the year was that of a Delta IV Heavy, carrying the USA-202 ELINT satellite, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 02:47 GMT on 18 January.
Collided with Iridium 33 after retirement. [6] 21 June 13:07:22 [1] Space Shuttle Endeavour [7] Kennedy LC-39B United Space Alliance STS-57: NASA Low Earth Microgravity: 1 July 12:52: Successful SpaceHab LSM: NASA/SpaceHab: Low Earth (Endeavour) Scientific research Crewed orbital flight with six astronauts; Retrieved European Retrievable ...
Iridium 97: Iridium: Low Earth: Communications: 27 December 2019 17:30 [9] Successful Iridium 98: Iridium: Low Earth: Communications: 24 August 2018 [10] Successful 24 June 18:23 [12] Titan 23G: Vandenberg SLC-4W: Lockheed Martin: NOAA-17 (NOAA-M) NOAA: Low Earth Meteorology: In orbit: Successful Decommissioned on 10 April 2013.