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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

12 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 12 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 113
1 42803U 17039A   25181.88610219  .00000012  00000-0 -29063-5 0  9998
2 42803  86.3978 109.0356 0002343  86.2966 273.8498 14.34217620420831

Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:15Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:15:59.229Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-129.15067°

Altitude

780.606 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 16m 08s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

83.76386°

Longitude

-94.39867°

Altitude

789.699 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 05m 50s

Apparent Declination

28° 08' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:01:10

Azimuth

358.892° N

Elevation

-21.941°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.308 km

Perigee altitude

772.956 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00023

Inclination

86.3978°

RAAN

109.0356°

Arg. of periapsis

86.2966°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

273.8498°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-0.0000029063

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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	2025-07-01 19:08:53.911Z	153.616° SSE	2025-07-01 19:12:53.911Z	96.317° ESE	33.732°	2025-07-01 19:17:53.911Z	17.425° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-01 20:51:53.911Z	250.579° W	2025-07-01 20:53:53.911Z	279.382° WNW	19.478°	2025-07-01 20:57:53.911Z	330.58° NNW
8 mins	2025-07-02 07:20:53.911Z	354.549° N	2025-07-02 07:23:53.911Z	330.608° NNW	43.818°	2025-07-02 07:28:53.911Z	182.717° SSW

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