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IRIDIUM 109, 41919

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 109, 41919 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

41919, 2017-003C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

13 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 13 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 109
1 41919U 17003C   25183.61863788 -.00000009  00000-0 -10271-4 0  9997
2 41919  86.3967 234.5086 0002395  94.2194 265.9276 14.34217379443099

Epoch: 2025-07-02T14:50Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T14:50:50.312Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

90.90182°

Altitude

780.841 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 38m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-28.00351°

Longitude

-87.41025°

Altitude

788.965 km

Speed

7.458 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 32m 46s

Apparent Declination

-33° 29' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:17:15

Azimuth

332.97° NNW

Elevation

-82.864°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.346 km

Perigee altitude

772.92 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.77 km

Eccentricity

0.00024

Inclination

86.3967°

RAAN

234.5086°

Arg. of periapsis

94.2194°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

265.9276°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-0.000010271

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IRIDIUM 109 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.
9 mins	2025-07-03 04:21:03.127Z	198.081° SSW	2025-07-03 04:26:03.127Z	288.552° WNW	39.193°	2025-07-03 04:30:03.127Z	350.906° N
7 mins	2025-07-03 14:53:03.127Z	25.62° NE	2025-07-03 14:56:03.127Z	77.774° E	30.539°	2025-07-03 15:00:03.127Z	143.166° SSE
6 mins	2025-07-03 16:34:03.127Z	317.594° NNW	2025-07-03 16:37:03.127Z	271.388° WNW	21.983°	2025-07-03 16:40:03.127Z	231.284° WSW

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