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IRIDIUM 104, 41922

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 104, 41922 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

41922, 2017-003F

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 104
1 41922U 17003F   25183.59961056  .00000017  00000-0 -85414-6 0  9996
2 41922  86.3968 234.4850 0002648  95.0821 265.0677 14.34217594443162

Epoch: 2025-07-02T14:23Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T14:23:26.352Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

97.7468°

Altitude

780.882 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 37m 56s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-16.20237°

Longitude

96.47198°

Altitude

784.838 km

Speed

7.46 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 45m 02s

Apparent Declination

-71° 51' 18"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:27:53

Azimuth

178.563° S

Elevation

-21.812°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.526 km

Perigee altitude

772.738 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00026

Inclination

86.3968°

RAAN

234.485°

Arg. of periapsis

95.0821°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

265.0677°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-8.5414e-7

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IRIDIUM 104 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 03:53:39.988Z	176.564° S	2025-07-03 03:58:39.988Z	39.285° NE	43.98°	2025-07-03 04:02:39.988Z	5.264° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-03 14:26:39.988Z	49.583° ENE	2025-07-03 14:28:39.988Z	79.361° E	19.157°	2025-07-03 14:31:39.988Z	118.816° SE
8 mins	2025-07-03 16:05:39.988Z	338.562° N	2025-07-03 16:09:39.988Z	265.833° W	34.296°	2025-07-03 16:13:39.988Z	206.052° SW
8 mins	2025-07-04 03:21:39.988Z	147.032° SSE	2025-07-04 03:24:39.988Z	92.746° ESE	33.947°	2025-07-04 03:29:39.988Z	16.918° NNE

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