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Iridium Statistics

Iridium Launch Statistics


All altitudes in km.

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Summary status table

Data last updated: 2025 Sep 11 0448:27

MissionTotal Sats LaunchedFailed to orbitEarly DeorbitDisposal CompleteReentry after FailTotal DownTotal In OrbitScreenedFailed, decayingGraveyardTotal WorkingDisposal underwayOut of constellationAnom.Reserve, RelocatingSpecialDriftAscentOperational OrbitOrbit HeightsPhase vs PlanePlane vs Time
fFRM FMG RLUTSDAO
Iridium (first generation)970263368290280110000000
Iridium Next800000080000800000013067
Total17702633681090280811000013067

Note: The letters are those used in byte 8 of the SatType code in the GCAT satellite catalog entries.

List of all Iridium satellites and their orbital history

Click on mission name for details of individual satellites. Phase/Plane plots only include satellites in`operational orbit' (status = O)

Data last updated: 2025 Sep 11 0447:20

MissionTotal Sats LaunchedFailed to orbitEarly DeorbitDisposal CompleteReentry after FailTotal DownTotal In OrbitScreenedFailed, decayingGraveyardTotal WorkingDisposal underwayOut of constellationAnom.Reserve, RelocatingSpecialDriftAscentOperational OrbitOrbit HeightsPhase vs PlanePlane vs Time
fFRM FMG RLUTSDAO
Iridium MS-1A (Launch 0, 1997-020)5002023020110000000
Iridium SV014 (Launch 1, 1997-030)7004043030000000000
Iridium MS-2 (Launch 2, 1997-034)5002132020000000000
Iridium MS-3 (Launch 3, 1997-043)5002023030000000000
Iridium MFS 1 (Launch 4, 1997-048)2000002020000000000
Iridium SV029 (Launch 5, 1997-051)7003143030000000000
Iridium MS-4 (Launch 6, 1997-056)5004041010000000000
Iridium MS-5 (Launch 7, 1997-069)5003032020000000000
Iridium SV042 (Launch 8, 1997-077)2000002020000000000
Iridium MS-6 (Launch 9, 1997-082)5004041010000000000
Iridium MS-7 (Launch 10, 1998-010)5005050000000000000
Iridium SV051 (Launch 11, 1998-018)2001011010000000000
Iridium MS-8 (Launch 12, 1998-019)5004041010000000000
Iridium SV062 (Launch 13, 1998-021)7006061010000000000
Iridium SV069 (Launch 14, 1998-026)2000002020000000000
Iridium MS-9 (Launch 15, 1998-032)5004041010000000000
Iridium SV078 (Launch 16, 1998-048)2002020000000000000
Iridium MS-10 (Launch 17, 1998-051)5013041010000000000
Iridium MS-11 (Launch 18, 1998-066)5013150000000000000
Iridium SV088? (Launch 19, 1998-074)2002020000000000000
Iridium SV092 (Launch 20, 1999-032)2002020000000000000
Iridium IS-1 (Launch 21, 2002-005)5005050000000000000
Iridium SV097 (Launch 22, 2002-031)2002020000000000000
Iridium Next SV1-10 (Launch 23, 2017-003)10000001000010000000010
Iridium Next SV11-20 (Launch 24, 2017-039)1000000100001000000208
Iridium Next SV21-30 (Launch 25, 2017-061)10000001000010000000010
Iridium Next SV31-40 (Launch 26, 2017-083)10000001000010000000010
Iridium Next SV41-50 (Launch 27, 2018-030)10000001000010000000010
Iridium-6/GRACE-FO (Launch 28, 2018-047)5000005000500000203
Iridium-7 (Launch 29, 2018-061)10000001000010000000010
Iridium-8 (Launch 30, 2019-002)1000000100001000000406
OneWeb L19/Iridium (Launch 31, 2023-068)5000005000500000500

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