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IRIDIUM 106, 41917

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 106, 41917 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 14 Jan 2017 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

41917, 2017-003A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

Iridium Communications Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

OATK SSG Gilbert

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

ELITEBUS, Unknown motor

Mass

860 kg wet, 700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-01-14 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Trap Box + 2 Pan, 9.4 m

Radar Cross Section

14.423 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 106
1 41917U 17003A   25186.55525731  .00000038  00000-0  64730-5 0  9994
2 41917  86.3961 233.3271 0001963  83.3076 276.8343 14.34217693443525

Epoch: 2025-07-05T13:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T13:19:34.231Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

109.64285°

Altitude

780.551 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 33m 18s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-7.82283°

Longitude

108.97533°

Altitude

782.058 km

Speed

7.462 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 17m 42s

Apparent Declination

-37° 26' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:16:32

Azimuth

113.425° SE

Elevation

-33.413°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.036 km

Perigee altitude

773.228 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

86.3961°

RAAN

233.3271°

Arg. of periapsis

83.3076°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

276.8343°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000006473

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Other satellites on launch #3 in the year 2017 (2017-01-14 UTC)

IRIDIUM 106 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.
7 mins	2025-07-06 02:51:11.765Z	133.234° SE	2025-07-06 02:54:11.765Z	90.533° ESE	24.821°	2025-07-06 02:58:11.765Z	30.91° NE
7 mins	2025-07-06 04:32:11.765Z	229.551° WSW	2025-07-06 04:35:11.765Z	280.472° WNW	27.394°	2025-07-06 04:39:11.765Z	338.399° N
8 mins	2025-07-06 15:02:11.765Z	8.632° NNE	2025-07-06 15:05:11.765Z	61.932° ENE	41.702°	2025-07-06 15:10:11.765Z	167.105° S

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