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ORBCOMM FM 118, 41183

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ORBCOMM FM 118, 41183 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

41183, 2015-081E

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

4 hours ago

Origin

Orbcomm Inc. (US / ORB)

Manufacturer

SNC Louisville

Mission

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 4 hours ago

0 ORBCOMM FM 118
1 41183U 15081E   25199.54381079  .00000418  00000-0  12621-3 0  9993
2 41183  47.0037 138.5255 0003718 297.7369  62.3139 14.58226919509107

Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:03Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:03:05.252Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

6.15984°

Altitude

697.899 km

Speed

7.509 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 14m 06s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-35.63278°

Longitude

-133.03377°

Altitude

708.569 km

Speed

7.502 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 21m 34s

Apparent Declination

-46° 25' 39"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

06:10:44

Azimuth

243.154° WSW

Elevation

-55.148°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

702.771 km

Perigee altitude

697.507 km

Semi-major axis

7,078.276 km

Eccentricity

0.00037

Inclination

47.0037°

RAAN

138.5255°

Arg. of periapsis

297.7369°

True anomaly

62.35164°

Mean anomaly

62.3139°

Eccentric anomaly

62.33277°

Mean motion

3.64462 °/min

Orbital period

98.78 mins

BSTAR

0.00012621

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

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ORBCOMM FM 117, 41188

ORBCOMM FM 116, 41189

ORBCOMM FM 118 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	2025-07-18 23:07:07.396Z	220.155° SW	2025-07-18 23:10:07.396Z	160.76° S	40.868°	2025-07-18 23:15:07.396Z	66.994° ENE
7 mins	2025-07-19 00:51:07.396Z	280.048° WNW	2025-07-19 00:54:07.396Z	347.968° N	36.202°	2025-07-19 00:58:07.396Z	55.631° ENE
7 mins	2025-07-19 02:35:07.396Z	306.237° NW	2025-07-19 02:38:07.396Z	0.281° NNE	30.96°	2025-07-19 02:42:07.396Z	67.976° E
8 mins	2025-07-19 04:19:07.396Z	304.604° NW	2025-07-19 04:22:07.396Z	5.341° NNE	42.756°	2025-07-19 04:27:07.396Z	107.66° ESE
6 mins	2025-07-19 06:03:07.396Z	267.793° W	2025-07-19 06:05:07.396Z	233.045° WSW	27.335°	2025-07-19 06:09:07.396Z	164.87° S

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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Check out ORBCOMM FM 118, 41183 on other resources

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