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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

14 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 14 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 113
1 42803U 17039A   25187.32804665  .00000020  00000-0 -53674-7 0  9999
2 42803  86.3976 106.7620 0002473  85.8083 274.3396 14.34217748421617

Epoch: 2025-07-06T07:52Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-06T07:52:23.23Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

64.11189°

Altitude

780.585 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 07m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-20.82695°

Longitude

-114.77257°

Altitude

786.463 km

Speed

7.459 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 27m 03s

Apparent Declination

-31° 36' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:12:09

Azimuth

76.859° E

Elevation

-67.223°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.401 km

Perigee altitude

772.863 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

86.3976°

RAAN

106.762°

Arg. of periapsis

85.8083°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

274.3396°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-5.3674e-8

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Other satellites on launch #39 in the year 2017 (2017-06-25 UTC)

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	2025-07-07 06:13:03.940Z	14.999° NNE	2025-07-07 06:17:03.940Z	74.63° E	33.412°	2025-07-07 06:22:03.940Z	152.667° SSE
6 mins	2025-07-07 07:55:03.940Z	316.101° NNW	2025-07-07 07:58:03.940Z	273.299° WNW	19.612°	2025-07-07 08:01:03.940Z	235.226° WSW
8 mins	2025-07-07 19:10:03.940Z	181.39° SSW	2025-07-07 19:13:03.940Z	184.423° SSW	44.702°	2025-07-07 19:18:03.940Z	2.367° NNE

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