Communications
IRIDIUM 161
OperationalCommunicationsLEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 22, 2018 at 07:47 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 4 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Iridium-6 & GRACE-FO
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 749 km
- Periapsis
- 746 km
- Inclination
- 86.45°
- Orbital period
- 99.77 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Iridium Communications, Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space/Orbital ATK
- Users
- Government/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 860 kg
- Dry mass
- 678 kg
- Power
- 50 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-047C
- NORAD catalog №
- 43478
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational