Norad ID: 24946
| Spacetrack Directory Name | IRIDIUM 33 |
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| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
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| Perigee | 773 km |
| Apogee | 786 km |
Iridium 33 was a communications satellite launched by the United States for Iridium Communications. It was launched into low Earth orbit from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 01:36 GMT on 14 September 1997, by a Proton-K carrier rocket with a Block DM2 upper stage. It was operated in Plane 3 of the Iridium satellite constellation, with an ascending node of 230.9°.
satellite IRIDIUM 33 Date of exalting 14.09.1997y.