IRIDIUM 33 DEB, 39778
Orbit data source: Space-Track
IRIDIUM 33 DEB, 39778 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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39778 intel report (Beta)
IRIDIUM 33 DEB details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | LEO |
| Last TLE update | 12 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | Unknown |
| Mission | Spacecraft |
| Bus & Motor | Unknown |
| Mass | Unknown |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | Unknown |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Unknown |
| Radar Cross Section | Small (<0.1 m²) |
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TLE from 12 hours ago
0 IRIDIUM 33 DEB
1 39778U 97051AAK 24346.85505629 .00005662 00000-0 14563-2 0 9995
2 39778 86.3824 201.4433 0007794 158.6346 201.5186 14.50021251553821Epoch: 2024-12-11T20:31Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-11T20:31:16.863Z)
| Latitude | 0.00003° |
| Longitude | 172.57928° |
| Altitude | 733.805 km |
| Speed | 7.485 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 13h 25m 46s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 10.45689° |
| Longitude | -8.30762° |
| Altitude | 722.476 km |
| Speed | 7.498 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 23h 01m 05s |
| Apparent Declination | -18° 12' 38" |
| Sunlit | Object is in full shadow |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 07:19:21 |
| Azimuth | 277.727° WNW |
| Elevation | -37.872° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 728.056 km |
| Perigee altitude | 716.987 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,100.659 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0007794 |
| Inclination | 86.3824° |
| RAAN | 201.4433° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 158.6346° |
| True anomaly | 201.48587° |
| Mean anomaly | 201.5186° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 201.50223° |
| Mean motion | 3.6274 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.0014563 |
| Orbital period | 99.24 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #51 in the year 1997 (1997-09-14 UTC)
IRIDIUM 33 DEB 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. |
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| 9 mins | 2024-12-12 14:50:37.146Z | 169.858° S | 2024-12-12 14:55:37.146Z | 73.007° E | 41.85° | 2024-12-12 14:59:37.146Z | 10.12° NNE |
| 7 mins | 2024-12-13 02:55:37.146Z | 344.824° N | 2024-12-13 02:58:37.146Z | 268.877° W | 41.488° | 2024-12-13 03:02:37.146Z | 192.901° SSW |
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