IRIDIUM 7
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About This Satellite
Iridium 7, launched in May 1997, belonged to the original Iridium voice network, orbiting at roughly 780 km with the rest of the constellation.
Source: Wikipedia — Iridium 7 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
IRIDIUM 7 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 24793 with international designator 97020B. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by MOTO/LMMS, on the LM700 platform, with a launch mass of about 662 kg, with a shape described as Box + 2 Pan. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 780 km and a perigee near 776 km, with an inclination of 86.40° and a period of roughly 100.3 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.46 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, IRIDIUM 7's apogee was 780 km, where its speed was about 7.46 km/s, completing about 14.4 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.