Iridium 8

retired

CommunicationsLEOCOSPAR 1997-020ALaunched 5/5/1997

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Iridium MS-1A
Launch Vehicle: Delta 7920-10C
Launch Date: 5/5/1997
Last Contact: 11/22/2017

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 777 km
Inclination: 86.4 deg
Orbit Plane: C
Dry Mass: 556 kg
Total Mass: 662 kg

Organizations

Operator: Iridium
Manufacturer: Motorola Satellite Communications

Constellation

Name: Iridium
Active Satellites: 0

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1997-020A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/329

Mentions

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster that supported the Eutelsat 10B mission previously supported the launches of Telstar 18 VANTAGE, Iridium-8, and multiple Starlink missions.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Nov 26, 2022UPDATE: SpaceX successfully launches Dragon’s first resupply mission to the ISS via Falcon 9 and Eutelsat’s 10B satellite launched

The $69,000,000 investment from NATS enabled Aireon to pay Iridium $8,100,000 so far 2018.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Nov 3, 2018Iridium expects Aireon to pay off $200M debt by end of 2021