IRIDIUM 5
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About This Satellite
Iridium 5 was one of the original Iridium communications satellites deployed in May 1997, part of the 66-satellite constellation that delivered global voice calls from low Earth orbit.
Source: Wikipedia — Iridium satellite constellation (CC BY-SA 4.0)
IRIDIUM 5 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 24795 with international designator 97020D. 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 648 km and a perigee near 507 km, with an inclination of 86.38° and a period of roughly 96.1 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.50 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 5's apogee was 648 km, where its speed was about 7.50 km/s, completing about 15.0 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.