IRIDIUM 33 DEB, 38474

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 33 DEB, 38474 is space debris in LEO originally from a launch on Sun, 14 Sep 1997 UTC launched from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). The debris from Iridium 33, an American commercial communications satellite, has been tracked extensively since its accidental collision with the defunct Russian satellite Cosmos 2251 in 2009. This event, occurring at high speed in low Earth orbit (LEO), generated thousands of pieces of space debris, significantly increasing the risk of further collisions. The Iridium 33 debris cloud has impacted space traffic management and orbital debris mitigation strategies, making it a subject of ongoing study in space situational awareness.

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Identifier

38474, 1997-051AAB

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

6 days ago

Origin

Iridium Communications Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

1997-09-14 (28 years ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 6 days ago

0 IRIDIUM 33 DEB
1 38474U 97051AAB 25178.45434400  .00001719  00000-0  44009-3 0  9993
2 38474  86.3369  83.3306 0023891 295.2870  64.5858 14.49719416628796

Epoch: 2025-06-27T10:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-27T10:54:15.321Z)

Latitude

-0.00013°

Longitude

3.95978°

Altitude

722.384 km

Speed

7.498 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 33m 19s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

75.67195°

Longitude

167.04836°

Altitude

756.316 km

Speed

7.474 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 12m 34s

Apparent Declination

40° 19' 55"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:58:19

Azimuth

8.806° NNE

Elevation

-9.078°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

740.475 km

Perigee altitude

706.542 km

Semi-major axis

7,101.646 km

Eccentricity

0.00239

Inclination

86.3369°

RAAN

83.3306°

Arg. of periapsis

295.287°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

64.5858°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.62664 °/min

Orbital period

99.27 mins

BSTAR

0.00044009

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IRIDIUM 33 DEB Visibility forecast

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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.
9 mins	2025-07-03 04:58:11.037Z	9.295° NNE	2025-07-03 05:02:11.037Z	70.124° E	38.172°	2025-07-03 05:07:11.037Z	160.976° S
4 mins	2025-07-03 06:40:11.037Z	300.73° NW	2025-07-03 06:41:11.037Z	287.304° WNW	15.054°	2025-07-03 06:44:11.037Z	248.39° W
8 mins	2025-07-03 17:46:11.037Z	183.933° SSW	2025-07-03 17:50:11.037Z	321.756° NNW	44.699°	2025-07-03 17:54:11.037Z	0.849° NNE

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