IRIDIUM 135

NORAD 43070· COSPAR 2017-083A· OneWeb / Iridium· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 23, 2017 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Full Thrust.

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:16 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Iridium Communications

Country

United States

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia Space

Launched

Dec 23, 2017

Mass

—

Apogee

783 km

Perigee

780 km

Inclination

86.39°

Period

1.67 h

Part of the Iridium NEXT constellation · this satellite is one of 192

Second-generation Iridium constellation; 66 active sats provide global comms.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for IRIDIUM 135 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

780 × 783 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

9 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2017-083 (Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Iridium-4).

IRIDIUM 138 · 43071
IRIDIUM 116 · 43072
IRIDIUM 130 · 43073
IRIDIUM 151 · 43074
IRIDIUM 134 · 43075
IRIDIUM 137 · 43076
IRIDIUM 141 · 43077
IRIDIUM 153 · 43078
IRIDIUM 131 · 43079

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