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ORBCOMM FM 116, 41189

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ORBCOMM FM 116, 41189 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

41189, 2015-081L

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

9 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 9 hours ago

0 ORBCOMM FM 116
1 41189U 15081L   25199.57463086  .00000790  00000-0  20571-3 0  9997
2 41189  47.0027  47.3292 0002217 298.9225  61.1438 14.58266792510235

Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:47Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:47:28.106Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-96.16205°

Altitude

698.235 km

Speed

7.509 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 09m 19s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-25.77414°

Longitude

108.62829°

Altitude

705.51 km

Speed

7.504 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 39m 15s

Apparent Declination

-45° 36' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:47:33

Azimuth

118.654° SE

Elevation

-45.219°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

701.579 km

Perigee altitude

698.441 km

Semi-major axis

7,078.147 km

Eccentricity

0.00022

Inclination

47.0027°

RAAN

47.3292°

Arg. of periapsis

298.9225°

True anomaly

61.16605°

Mean anomaly

61.1438°

Eccentric anomaly

61.15493°

Mean motion

3.64472 °/min

Orbital period

98.77 mins

BSTAR

0.00020571

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

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ORBCOMM FM 113, 41185

ORBCOMM FM 115, 41186

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ORBCOMM FM 116 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.
7 mins	2025-07-19 00:12:01.028Z	276.371° WNW	2025-07-19 00:16:01.028Z	214.859° SW	24.943°	2025-07-19 00:19:01.028Z	170.595° S
7 mins	2025-07-19 16:17:01.028Z	200.47° SSW	2025-07-19 16:20:01.028Z	143.205° SSE	32.633°	2025-07-19 16:24:01.028Z	76.228° E
8 mins	2025-07-19 18:00:01.028Z	263.157° W	2025-07-19 18:03:01.028Z	312.026° NW	39.748°	2025-07-19 18:08:01.028Z	57.824° ENE
7 mins	2025-07-19 19:45:01.028Z	306.115° NW	2025-07-19 19:48:01.028Z	9.262° NNE	30.266°	2025-07-19 19:52:01.028Z	64.8° ENE
8 mins	2025-07-19 21:28:01.028Z	305.445° NW	2025-07-19 21:32:01.028Z	27.725° NE	38.375°	2025-07-19 21:36:01.028Z	93.76° ESE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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Check out ORBCOMM FM 116, 41189 on other resources

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