IRIDIUM 108, 41924
Orbit data source: Space-Track
IRIDIUM 108, 41924 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
OATK SSG Gilbert
Mission
Operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
ELITEBUS, Unknown motor
Mass
860 kg wet, 700 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Trap Box + 2 Pan, 4.8 m
Radar Cross Section
10.154 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago
TLE from 12 hours ago
0 IRIDIUM 108
1 41924U 17003H 25308.10127717 .00000013 00000-0 -22691-5 0 9995
2 41924 86.3982 150.8643 0001994 91.6196 268.5228 14.34218041462845Epoch: 2025-11-04T02:25Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-04T02:25:50.347Z)
Latitude
-0.00005°
Longitude
70.81138°
Altitude
780.754 km
Speed
7.463 km/s
True Right ascension
10h 03m 27s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
10:48:28
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
776.057 km
Perigee altitude
773.204 km
Semi-major axis
7,152.768 km
Eccentricity
0.0002
Inclination
86.3982°
RAAN
150.8643°
Arg. of periapsis
91.6196°
True anomaly
268.49996°
Mean anomaly
268.5228°
Eccentric anomaly
268.51138°
Mean motion
3.58783 °/min
Orbital period
100.34 mins
BSTAR
-0.0000022691
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Other satellites on launch #3 in the year 2017 (2017-01-14 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.IRIDIUM 108 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. |
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| 8 mins | 2025-11-05 00:46:31.375Z | 26.124° NE | 2025-11-05 00:50:31.375Z | 77.939° E | 21.754° | 2025-11-05 00:54:31.375Z | 130.043° SE |
| 7 mins | 2025-11-05 02:28:31.375Z | 327.804° NNW | 2025-11-05 02:31:31.375Z | 269.699° W | 31.076° | 2025-11-05 02:35:31.375Z | 211.449° SW |
| 8 mins | 2025-11-05 13:43:31.375Z | 153.665° SSE | 2025-11-05 13:46:31.375Z | 97.697° ESE | 37.131° | 2025-11-05 13:51:31.375Z | 14.39° NNE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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