IRIDIUM 920
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About This Satellite
Iridium 920 was an in-orbit spare for the first Iridium generation, parked in the constellation's 780 km polar planes.
Source: Wikipedia — Iridium satellite constellation (CC BY-SA 4.0)
IRIDIUM 920 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 24871 with international designator 97034C. 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 769 km and a perigee near 750 km, with an inclination of 86.40° and a period of roughly 99.9 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.47 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 920's apogee was 769 km, where its speed was about 7.47 km/s, completing about 14.4 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.