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IRIDIUM 115, 42806

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 115, 42806 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

42806, 2017-039D

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)

2017-06-25 (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 13 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 115
1 42806U 17039D   25181.88854147  .00000246  00000-0  67151-4 0  9998
2 42806  86.4502 108.9433 0002541  67.1979 292.9490 14.43280216423595

Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:19:29.982Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-130.12351°

Altitude

750.04 km

Speed

7.48 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 15m 46s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-28.83502°

Longitude

-132.29974°

Altitude

758.698 km

Speed

7.474 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 26m 12s

Apparent Declination

-36° 01' 48"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:08:40

Azimuth

87.253° E

Elevation

-69.511°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

746.442 km

Perigee altitude

742.822 km

Semi-major axis

7,122.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

86.4502°

RAAN

108.9433°

Arg. of periapsis

67.1979°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

292.949°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.61052 °/min

Orbital period

99.71 mins

BSTAR

0.000067151

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

IRIDIUM 115 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.
8 mins	2025-07-01 19:04:12.937Z	150.327° SSE	2025-07-01 19:08:12.937Z	93.055° ESE	31.18°	2025-07-01 19:12:12.937Z	23.857° NE
6 mins	2025-07-01 20:46:12.937Z	244.79° WSW	2025-07-01 20:48:12.937Z	274.138° WNW	20.39°	2025-07-01 20:52:12.937Z	330.04° NNW
8 mins	2025-07-02 07:11:12.937Z	0.714° NNE	2025-07-02 07:15:12.937Z	129.556° SE	44.438°	2025-07-02 07:19:12.937Z	174.993° S

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