IRIDIUM 26
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About This Satellite
Iridium 26 was part of the original 66-satellite Iridium network, launched during the intense 1997 deployment campaign.
Source: Wikipedia — Iridium satellite constellation (CC BY-SA 4.0)
IRIDIUM 26 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 24903 with international designator 97043A. 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 776 km and a perigee near 772 km, with an inclination of 86.39° and a period of roughly 100.2 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 26's apogee was 776 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.