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IRIDIUM 114, 41923

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 114, 41923 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

41923, 2017-003G

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 114
1 41923U 17003G   25183.60595230  .00000014  00000-0 -20620-5 0  9990
2 41923  86.3967 234.4667 0002400  87.4048 272.7423 14.34217640443144

Epoch: 2025-07-02T14:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T14:32:34.278Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

95.43923°

Altitude

780.637 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 37m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-74.05758°

Longitude

82.54535°

Altitude

806.448 km

Speed

7.448 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 43m 43s

Apparent Declination

-74° 53' 49"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:20:43

Azimuth

182.603° SSW

Elevation

-54.919°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.349 km

Perigee altitude

772.915 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00024

Inclination

86.3967°

RAAN

234.4667°

Arg. of periapsis

87.4048°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

272.7423°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-0.000002062

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

IRIDIUM 114 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.
10 mins	2025-07-03 04:02:31.326Z	183.804° SSW	2025-07-03 04:07:31.326Z	293.842° NW	44.779°	2025-07-03 04:12:31.326Z	0.95° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-03 14:35:31.326Z	42.664° NE	2025-07-03 14:37:31.326Z	74.235° E	22.609°	2025-07-03 14:41:31.326Z	129.806° SE
7 mins	2025-07-03 16:15:31.326Z	328.387° NNW	2025-07-03 16:18:31.326Z	275.125° WNW	30.038°	2025-07-03 16:22:31.326Z	214.245° SW
5 mins	2025-07-04 03:30:31.326Z	156.994° SSE	2025-07-04 03:33:31.326Z	107.002° ESE	37.75°	2025-07-04 03:35:31.326Z	37.805° NE

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