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ORBCOMM FM 105, 41181

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ORBCOMM FM 105, 41181 is a payload satellite owned by Orbcomm (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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

41181, 2015-081C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

Orbcomm Inc. (US / ORB)

Manufacturer

SNC Louisville

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SN-100A, Unknown motor

Mass

172 kg wet, 158 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-12-22 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan + 1 Ant, 6.5 m

Radar Cross Section

2.222 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 ORBCOMM FM 105
1 41181U 15081C   25199.88486163  .00000101  00000-0  73192-4 0  9998
2 41181  47.0021  54.4823 0001280 103.7528 256.3495 14.45238609505336

Epoch: 2025-07-18T21:14Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T21:14:12.044Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

159.00219°

Altitude

741.672 km

Speed

7.485 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 37m 55s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-34.67603°

Longitude

116.2543°

Altitude

752.429 km

Speed

7.478 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 52m 50s

Apparent Declination

-83° 10' 02"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:45:46

Azimuth

179.749° S

Elevation

-33.086°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

743.381 km

Perigee altitude

741.558 km

Semi-major axis

7,120.606 km

Eccentricity

0.00013

Inclination

47.0021°

RAAN

54.4823°

Arg. of periapsis

103.7528°

True anomaly

256.33525°

Mean anomaly

256.3495°

Eccentric anomaly

256.34237°

Mean motion

3.61217 °/min

Orbital period

99.66 mins

BSTAR

0.000073192

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Other satellites on launch #81 in the year 2015 (2015-12-22 UTC)

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ORBCOMM FM 118, 41183

ORBCOMM FM 112, 41184

ORBCOMM FM 113, 41185

ORBCOMM FM 115, 41186

ORBCOMM FM 108, 41187

ORBCOMM FM 117, 41188

ORBCOMM FM 116, 41189

ORBCOMM FM 105 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	2025-07-19 17:21:06.368Z	220.123° SW	2025-07-19 17:24:06.368Z	156.899° SSE	41.47°	2025-07-19 17:29:06.368Z	66.827° ENE
8 mins	2025-07-19 19:05:06.368Z	274.765° WNW	2025-07-19 19:09:06.368Z	351.34° N	36.572°	2025-07-19 19:13:06.368Z	55.881° ENE
7 mins	2025-07-19 20:51:06.368Z	307.645° NW	2025-07-19 20:54:06.368Z	3.463° NNE	31.95°	2025-07-19 20:58:06.368Z	69.012° E
9 mins	2025-07-19 22:35:06.368Z	301.725° NW	2025-07-19 22:39:06.368Z	16.137° NNE	43.533°	2025-07-19 22:44:06.368Z	109.331° ESE
7 mins	2025-07-20 00:20:06.368Z	274.289° WNW	2025-07-20 00:23:06.368Z	228.496° WSW	27.219°	2025-07-20 00:27:06.368Z	165.955° S

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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Check out ORBCOMM FM 105, 41181 on other resources

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