Iridium 96

Also called Iridium SV096

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General

Designation	27376 / 02005E
Launch date	11 Feb 2002
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Telecommunications
Perigee/Apogee	780 km
Inclination	86.4°
Launch vehicle	Delta 2 #290

In a 667 km storage orbit, will not be raised to the 780 km operational orbit until needed

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End of life

Decay

30 May 2020

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications
Payload

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