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IRIDIUM 113, 42803

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 113, 42803 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 25 Jun 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

42803, 2017-039A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

8 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)

2017-06-25 (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 8 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 113
1 42803U 17039A   25128.93179476  .00000095  00000-0  26825-4 0  9992
2 42803  86.3948 131.1659 0002084  86.9529 273.1905 14.34218318413242

Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:21Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:21:47.067Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-71.27542°

Altitude

780.633 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 44m 39s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-56.98506°

Longitude

114.12349°

Altitude

801.135 km

Speed

7.451 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 02m 57s

Apparent Declination

-55° 39' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:18:31

Azimuth

136.619° SSE

Elevation

-62.745°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.12 km

Perigee altitude

773.139 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.767 km

Eccentricity

0.0002084

Inclination

86.3948°

RAAN

131.1659°

Arg. of periapsis

86.9529°

True anomaly

273.16666°

Mean anomaly

273.1905°

Eccentric anomaly

273.17858°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

BSTAR

0.000026825

Orbital period

100.34 mins

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IRIDIUM 113 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	2025-05-09 12:19:43.759Z	356.26° N	2025-05-09 12:24:43.759Z	216.881° SW	44.736°	2025-05-09 12:28:43.759Z	181.373° SSW
6 mins	2025-05-09 23:37:43.759Z	116.888° SE	2025-05-09 23:39:43.759Z	88.028° E	20.676°	2025-05-09 23:43:43.759Z	34.254° NE
7 mins	2025-05-10 01:17:43.759Z	222.51° SW	2025-05-10 01:20:43.759Z	282.969° WNW	32.098°	2025-05-10 01:24:43.759Z	343.319° N

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