IRIDIUM 51, 25262 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
IRIDIUM 51, 25262 was a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 25 Mar 1998 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C-III/SD launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Motorola
Mission
Decayed Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
LM700, Unknown motor
Mass
667 kg wet, 556 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 4.0 m
Radar Cross Section
5.666 m², Large (>1 m²)
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0 IRIDIUM 51
1 25262U 98018A 26073.31109407 .12758678 -14726-5 43869-3 0 9999
2 25262 86.3323 277.8812 0012738 253.5949 106.3961 16.43348886489106Epoch: 2026-03-14T07:27Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-14T07:27:58.527Z)
Latitude
0.00001°
Longitude
-6.04676°
Altitude
162.609 km
Speed
7.807 km/s
True Right ascension
18h 31m 31s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
23:09:55
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
161.906 km
Perigee altitude
145.266 km
Semi-major axis
6,531.723 km
Eccentricity
0.00127
Inclination
86.3323°
RAAN
277.8812°
Arg. of periapsis
253.5949°
True anomaly
106.53607°
Mean anomaly
106.3961°
Eccentric anomaly
106.46609°
Mean motion
4.11151 °/min
Orbital period
87.56 mins
BSTAR
0.00043869
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Other satellites on launch #18 in the year 1998 (1998-03-25 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.IRIDIUM 51 Visibility
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