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IRIDIUM 118, 42807

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 118, 42807 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

42807, 2017-039E

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

11 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 11 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 118
1 42807U 17039E   25184.61048944  .00000159  00000-0  49750-4 0  9991
2 42807  86.3993 139.3597 0002447  87.3501 272.7975 14.34216532419980

Epoch: 2025-07-03T14:39Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T14:39:06.287Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-2.29126°

Altitude

780.637 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 17m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-14.47757°

Longitude

178.4442°

Altitude

784.273 km

Speed

7.461 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 59m 25s

Apparent Declination

-29° 44' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:24:54

Azimuth

82.456° E

Elevation

-58.706°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.386 km

Perigee altitude

772.885 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.773 km

Eccentricity

0.00024

Inclination

86.3993°

RAAN

139.3597°

Arg. of periapsis

87.3501°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

272.7975°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.00004975

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

IRIDIUM 118 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.
6 mins	2025-07-04 07:59:04.933Z	35.504° NE	2025-07-04 08:02:04.933Z	73.477° E	17.992°	2025-07-04 08:05:04.933Z	113.607° SE
8 mins	2025-07-04 09:40:04.933Z	336.474° NNW	2025-07-04 09:43:04.933Z	278.759° WNW	35.955°	2025-07-04 09:48:04.933Z	201.163° SSW
8 mins	2025-07-04 20:55:04.933Z	147.116° SSE	2025-07-04 20:59:04.933Z	74.205° E	32.112°	2025-07-04 21:03:04.933Z	19.898° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-04 22:37:04.933Z	246.101° WSW	2025-07-04 22:39:04.933Z	274.814° WNW	20.481°	2025-07-04 22:43:04.933Z	329.474° NNW

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