NORAD 24796
IRIDIUM 4
Time
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 24796
- International designator
- 1997-020E
- Launch date
- May 5, 1997
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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- Beacon
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- Mode
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-01 18:09:13 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 100 minutes, on an orbit tilted 86.4° from the equator, between 791 and 808 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About IRIDIUM 4
IRIDIUM 4 is a satellite from the United States, launched on May 5, 1997 from Air Force Western Test Range.
It circles Earth every 100 minutes (14.4 times a day), between 766 and 769 km up, on an orbit tilted 86.4° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 86° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Iridium 4 · communications satellite operated by Iridium Communications
- Operated by
- Iridium Communications
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 21 days its lowest point went from 766 km to 766 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.