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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TLE from 3 days ago
0 IRIDIUM 33 DEB
1 39778U 97051AAK 25119.31888078 .00005248 00000-0 12883-2 0 9990
2 39778 86.3778 141.7601 0010703 75.3778 284.8614 14.52197377573906
Epoch: 2025-04-29T07:39Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-29T07:39:11.299Z)
Latitude
0°
Longitude
169.44276°
Altitude
719.616 km
Speed
7.497 km/s
True Right ascension
09h 27m 02s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
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Latitude
-3.1012°
Longitude
168.02557°
Altitude
719.169 km
Speed
7.497 km/s
Apparent Right ascension
06h 45m 37s
Apparent Declination
-52° 02' 40"
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Local Sidereal Time
11:07:12
Azimuth
216.023° SW
Elevation
-18.033°
Doppler factor
1
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Other satellites on launch #51 in the year 1997 (1997-09-14 UTC)
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. |
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6 mins | 2025-05-02 12:18:28.277Z | 35.371° NE | 2025-05-02 12:21:28.277Z | 77.286° E | 18.796° | 2025-05-02 12:24:28.277Z | 119.344° SE |
7 mins | 2025-05-02 13:58:28.277Z | 329.193° NNW | 2025-05-02 14:01:28.277Z | 262.368° W | 32.111° | 2025-05-02 14:05:28.277Z | 206.397° SW |
7 mins | 2025-05-03 01:05:28.277Z | 137.782° SSE | 2025-05-03 01:08:28.277Z | 78.873° E | 29.274° | 2025-05-03 01:12:28.277Z | 21.864° NNE |
6 mins | 2025-05-03 02:45:28.277Z | 244.665° WSW | 2025-05-03 02:47:28.277Z | 276.098° WNW | 20.818° | 2025-05-03 02:51:28.277Z | 332.528° NNW |
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