=== STATUS OF FIRST GENERATION IRIDIUM SATELLITES === Of the 95 first generation Iridium satellites, as of Nov 2019: - 65 have reentered - 29 remain in orbit - 1 was destroyed in a collision Launch Orbit Lower Decommission Reentry Notes Iridium SV004 1997 May 5 2012 Aug 26 2012 Aug 26 - Failed in constellation, natural decay Iridium SV005 1997 May 5 2017 Nov 15 2017 Nov 21 - Out of prop after partial lowering? Iridium SV006 1997 May 5 2017 Nov 19 2017 Dec 3 2017 Dec 23 Orbit lowered Iridium SV007 1997 May 5 2017 Sep 23? 2017 Sep 23? - Orbit lowering failed? Iridium SV008 1997 May 5 2017 Nov 1 2017 Nov 8 2017 Nov 24 Orbit lowered Iridium SV009 1997 Jun 18 2000 Sep 16 2000 Oct 28 2003 Mar 11 Partial failure, early orbit lowering Iridium SV010 1997 Jun 18 2018 Sep 13 2018 Sep 21 2018 Oct 6 Orbit lowered Iridium SV011 1997 Jun 18 1997 Sep 6 1997 Sep 6 - Slight orbit lower, slow decay Iridium SV012 1997 Jun 18 2018 Mar 22 2018 Aug 22 2018 Sep 2 Orbit lowered Iridium SV013 1997 Jun 18 2018 Mar 17 2018 Mar 23 2018 Apr 29 Orbit lowered Iridium SV014 1997 Jun 18 1998 Sep 20 1998 Oct? - Failed in constellation, natural decay Iridium SV015 1997 Jul 9 2018 Sep 28 2018 Oct 3 2018 Oct 14 Orbit lowered Iridium SV016 1997 Jun 18 2015 Apr 11 2015 Apr? - Slight orbit lower, slow decay Iridium SV017 1997 Jul 9 - 2005 Aug? - Failed in constellation, natural decay Iridium SV018 1997 Jul 9 2018 Jun 1 2018 Jun 11 2018 Aug 19 Orbit lowered Iridium SV019 1997 Sep 27 2017 Nov 30 2017 Dec 5 2018 Apr 19 Orbit lowered Iridium SV020 1997 Jul 9 1997 Dec 1998 Apr - Slight orbit lower, slow decay Iridium SV021 1997 Jul 9 1997 Jul 9 1997 Jul? - Failed in deployment orbit Iridium SV022 1997 Aug 21 - 2018 Jan? - Retired, slow decay Iridium SV023 1997 Aug 21 2018 Feb 10 2018 Feb 19 2018 Mar 28 Orbit lowered Iridium SV024 1997 Aug 21 2018 Feb 9 2018 Feb 23 2019 May 11 Orbit lowered [Or SV46?] Iridium SV025 1997 Aug 21 2018 Feb 10 2018 Apr 26 2018 May 14 Orbit lowered Iridium SV026 1997 Aug 21 - 2011 Sep 1? - Retired, slow decay Iridium SV027 1997 Sep 14 1997 Sep 24? 1997 Oct 20 2002 Feb 1 Failed during initial orbit raising Iridium SV028 1997 Sep 14 - 2008 Jul - Retired, slow decay Iridium SV029 1997 Sep 14 - 2013 Dec - Retired, slow decay Iridium SV030 1997 Sep 14 2017 Aug 2 2017 Aug 15 2017 Sep 28 Orbit lowered Iridium SV031 1997 Sep 14 2018 Nov 29 2018 Dec 9 2018 Dec 20 Orbit lowered Iridium SV032 1997 Sep 14 2019 Feb 8 2019 Feb 14 2019 Mar 10 Orbit lowered Iridium SV033 1997 Sep 14 - 2009 Feb 10 - Destroyed in accidental collision with Kosmos-2251 Iridium SV034 1997 Sep 27 2017 Dec 6 2017 Dec 13 2018 Jan 8 Orbit lowered Iridium SV035 1997 Sep 27 2018 Dec 6 2018 Dec 12 2018 Dec 26 Orbit lowered Iridium SV036 1997 Sep 27 - 2006 Dec 14 - Failed, slow decay Iridium SV037 1997 Sep 27 2017 Dec 5 2018 Jan 20 2018 May 26 Orbit lowered Iridium SV038 1997 Nov 9 - 2003 Aug 23 - Failed, slow decay Iridium SV039 1997 Nov 9 2016 Jun 18 2016 Jul 6 - Slight orbit lower Iridium SV040 1997 Nov 9 2017 Apr 7 2017 Apr 12 2018 Sep 23 Orbit lowered Iridium SV041 1997 Nov 9 2018 Jun 21 2018 Jun 27 2018 Jul 28 Orbit lowered Iridium SV042 1997 Dec 8 - 2014 Sep 14? - Failed? Iridium SV043 1997 Nov 9 2017 May 12 2017 May 14 2018 Feb 11 Orbit lowered Iridium SV044 1997 Dec 8 - 1998 Jul 21? - Failed Iridium SV045 1997 Dec 20 2019 Mar 29 2019 Apr 10 - Partial lowering Iridium SV046 1997 Dec 20 - 1998 Apr 3? - Failed, slow decay Iridium SV047 1997 Dec 20 2018 Aug 17 2018 Aug 25 2018 Sep 1 Orbit lowered Iridium SV048 1997 Dec 20 1999 Apr 1 1999 Apr 18 2001 May 5 Orbit lowered Iridium SV049 1997 Dec 20 2018 Jan 25 2018 Feb 2 2018 Feb 13 Orbit lowered Iridium SV050 1998 Feb 10 2018 Sep 1 2018 Sep 8 2018 Sep 23 Orbit lowered Iridium SV051 1998 Mar 25 2017 Nov 9 2017 Nov 18 - Partial lowering Iridium SV052 1998 Feb 10 2018 Oct 17 2018 Oct 23 2018 Nov 5 Orbit lowered Iridium SV053 1998 Feb 10 2018 Sep 11 2018 Sep 19 2018 Sep 30 Orbit lowered Iridium SV054 1998 Feb 10 2019 Apr 16 2019 Apr 27 2019 May 10 Orbit lowered Iridium SV056 1998 Feb 10 2018 Aug 24 2018 Sep 12 2018 Oct 11 Orbit lowered Iridium SV055 1998 Mar 30 2019 Mar 13 2019 Mar 20 2019 Mar 31 Orbit lowered Iridium SV057 1998 Mar 30 - 2016 Jul 20? - Slight orbit lower Iridium SV058 1998 Mar 30 2019 Mar 21 2019 Mar 29 2019 Apr 7 Orbit lowered Iridium SV059 1998 Mar 30 2019 Feb 22 2019 Mar 1 2019 Mar 11 Orbit lowered Iridium SV060 1998 Mar 30 2019 Mar 1 2019 Mar 8 2019 Mar 17 Orbit lowered Iridium SV061 1998 Mar 25 2019 Jun 21 2019 Jun 27 2019 Jul 23 Orbit lowered Iridium SV062 1998 Apr 7 2018 Oct 19 2018 Oct 26 2018 Nov 7 Orbit lowered Iridium SV063 1998 Apr 7 - 2014 Aug 25 - Slight orbit lower, slow decay Iridium SV064 1998 Apr 7 2019 Mar 15 2019 Mar 21 2019 Apr 1 Orbit lowered Iridium SV065 1998 Apr 7 2018 Jun 27 2018 Jul 3 2018 Jul 19 Orbit lowered Iridium SV066 1998 Apr 7 2018 Aug 2 2018 Aug 8 2018 Aug 23 Orbit lowered Iridium SV067 1998 Apr 7 2018 Jun 8 2018 Jun 14 2018 Jul 2 Orbit lowered Iridium SV068 1998 Apr 7 2018 May 10 2018 May 17 2018 Jun 6 Orbit lowered Iridium SV069 1998 May 2 2019 Mar 1 2019 Mar 8 2019 Mar 17 Orbit lowered Iridium SV070 1998 May 17 2018 Sep 20 2018 Sep 27 2018 Oct 11 Orbit lowered Iridium SV071 1998 May 2 - 1998 Jul? - Failed before operational use Iridium SV072 1998 May 17 2018 Apr 27 2018 May 3 2018 May 14 Orbit lowered Iridium SV073 1998 May 17 1998 Dec 27 1998 Dec 30? - Slight orbit lower Iridium SV074 1998 May 17 2017 Jun 5 2017 Jun 11 2017 Jun 11 Orbit lowered Iridium SV075 1998 May 17 2018 Jun 15 2018 Jun 21 2018 Jul 10 Orbit lowered Iridium SV076 1998 Aug 19 2018 Aug 9 2018 Aug 16 2018 Aug 28 Orbit lowered Iridium SV077 1998 Sep 8 2017 Aug 25 2017 Aug 31 2017 Sep 22 Orbit lowered Iridium SV078 1998 Aug 19 2018 Jan 20 2018 Jan 28 2018 Feb 8 Orbit lowered Iridium SV079 1998 Sep 8 - 1998 Oct 2000 Nov 29 Failed after launch Iridium SV080 1998 Sep 8 2018 Jul 12 2018 Jul 18 2018 Aug 12 Orbit lowered Iridium SV081 1998 Sep 8 2018 Jun 13 2018 Jun 19 2018 Jul 17 Orbit lowered Iridium SV082 1998 Sep 8 2017 May 4 2017 May 7 - Partial lowering Iridium SV083 1998 Nov 6 2018 Oct 11 2018 Oct 17 2018 Nov 5 Orbit lowered Iridium SV084 1998 Nov 6 2018 Sep 7 2018 Sep 26 2018 Nov 4 Orbit lowered Iridium SV085 1998 Nov 6 - 1998 Nov 23? 2000 Dec 30 Failed, reentered Iridium SV086 1998 Nov 6 2018 Aug 22 2018 Sep 9 2018 Oct 5 Orbit lowered Iridium SV087 1998 Nov 6 - 1999 May 5 - Failed? Iridium SV088 1998 Dec 19 2018 Oct 5 2018 Oct 12 2018 Oct 22 Orbit lowered Iridium SV089 1998 Dec 19 2018 Oct 3 2018 Oct 9 2018 Oct 22 Orbit lowered Iridium SV090 2002 Feb 11 2018 Mar 7 2018 Mar 12 2019 Jan 23 Orbit lowered Iridium SV091 2002 Feb 11 2019 Feb 15 2019 Feb 21 2019 Mar 13 Orbit lowered Iridium SV092 1999 Jun 11 2019 Feb 27 2019 Mar 6 2019 Mar 15 Orbit lowered Iridium SV093 1999 Jun 11 2018 May 3 2018 May 10 2018 May 24 Orbit lowered Iridium SV094 2002 Feb 11 2018 Mar 1 2018 Mar 19 2018 Apr 18 Orbit lowered Iridium SV095 2002 Feb 11 2019 Mar 7 2019 Mar 14 2019 Mar 25 Orbit lowered Iridium SV096 2002 Feb 11 2017 Dec 15 2017 Dec 29 - Partial lowering Iridium SV097 2002 Jun 20 - - - Still in orbit Iridium SV098 2002 Jun 20 2018 Jul 7 2018 Jul 24 2018 Aug 24 Orbit lowered