Iridium 33 was a communications satellite launched by Russia for Iridium Communications. It was launched into low Earth orbit from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur...

The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices...

Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States. Iridium...

February 10, 2009, two communications satellites—the active commercial Iridium 33 and the derelict Russian military Kosmos 2251—accidentally collided at...

Iridium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group, it is...

There are two natural isotopes of iridium (77Ir), and 37 radioisotopes, the most stable radioisotope being 192Ir with a half-life of 73.83 days, and many...

derelict satellite Kosmos 2251 and the operational 560 kg (1,230 lb) Iridium 33 collided, 500 mi (800 km) over northern Siberia. The relative speed of...

collided with Iridium 33 (1997-051C), an Iridium satellite, in the first major collision of two satellites in Earth orbit. The Iridium satellite, which...

collision with Iridium 33 Kosmos 1408 2021 1,562 Intentional collision (ASAT) STEP 2 Rocket Body 1996 756 Residual propellant explosion Iridium 33 2009 659...

smaller satellites and debris. The February 10, 2009 collision of the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 communications satellites, which added hundreds more pieces...