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IRIDIUM 29, 24944

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 29, 24944 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 14 Sep 1997 UTC via a PROTON-K/17S40 launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

24944, 1997-051A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

3 days ago

Origin

Iridium Communications Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

MOTO/LMMS

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LM700, Unknown motor

Mass

662 kg wet, 556 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1997-09-14 (28 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-K/17S40

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 8.37 m

Radar Cross Section

5.666 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 3 days ago

0 IRIDIUM 29
1 24944U 97051A   25118.95870840  .00000660  00000-0  21853-3 0  9997
2 24944  86.3989 164.5387 0002483  91.3515 268.7966 14.36424136446421

Epoch: 2025-04-28T23:00Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T23:00:32.405Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

-37.76159°

Altitude

773.429 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 58m 09s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-50.50187°

Longitude

145.2903°

Altitude

791.536 km

Speed

7.456 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 12m 38s

Apparent Declination

-46° 11' 40"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:18:52

Azimuth

232.934° WSW

Elevation

-78.369°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

769.073 km

Perigee altitude

765.525 km

Semi-major axis

7,145.436 km

Eccentricity

0.0002483

Inclination

86.3989°

RAAN

164.5387°

Arg. of periapsis

91.3515°

True anomaly

268.76815°

Mean anomaly

268.7966°

Eccentric anomaly

268.78238°

Mean motion

3.59335 °/min

BSTAR

0.00021853

Orbital period

100.18 mins

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IRIDIUM 29 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
7 mins	2025-05-02 02:22:26.048Z	130.23° SE	2025-05-02 02:25:26.048Z	90.274° ESE	22.28°	2025-05-02 02:29:26.048Z	33.259° NE
7 mins	2025-05-02 04:03:26.048Z	226.688° WSW	2025-05-02 04:06:26.048Z	283.957° WNW	29.767°	2025-05-02 04:10:26.048Z	341.688° N
8 mins	2025-05-02 14:32:26.048Z	13.809° NNE	2025-05-02 14:35:26.048Z	73.337° E	39.289°	2025-05-02 14:40:26.048Z	162.244° S
4 mins	2025-05-02 16:14:26.048Z	298.129° NW	2025-05-02 16:15:26.048Z	284.854° WNW	15.142°	2025-05-02 16:18:26.048Z	247.753° W

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