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

1 week 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 1 week ago

0 IRIDIUM 33 DEB
1 38474U 97051AAB 25166.51320289  .00002485  00000-0  63880-3 0  9995
2 38474  86.3412  88.5292 0024917 336.7081  23.2992 14.49672355627061

Epoch: 2025-06-15T12:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-15T12:19:00.729Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-0.26106°

Altitude

713.535 km

Speed

7.507 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 54m 07s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-86.07248°

Longitude

-116.33693°

Altitude

741.311 km

Speed

7.491 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

14h 05m 03s

Apparent Declination

-67° 27' 52"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:45:27

Azimuth

184.041° SSW

Elevation

-62.319°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

741.358 km

Perigee altitude

705.967 km

Semi-major axis

7,101.8 km

Eccentricity

0.00249

Inclination

86.3412°

RAAN

88.5292°

Arg. of periapsis

336.7081°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

23.2992°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.62652 °/min

Orbital period

99.27 mins

BSTAR

0.0006388

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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.
8 mins	2025-06-24 18:24:55.795Z	172.827° S	2025-06-24 18:28:55.795Z	85.457° E	43.753°	2025-06-24 18:32:55.795Z	7.685° NNE
4 mins	2025-06-25 04:50:55.795Z	55.914° ENE	2025-06-25 04:51:55.795Z	69.313° E	14.931°	2025-06-25 04:54:55.795Z	107.892° ESE
8 mins	2025-06-25 06:28:55.795Z	342.874° N	2025-06-25 06:31:55.795Z	291.831° WNW	38.561°	2025-06-25 06:36:55.795Z	196.105° SSW

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