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IRIDIUM 117, 42808

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 117, 42808 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

42808, 2017-039F

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 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 16 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 117
1 42808U 17039F   25128.60540491 -.00000051  00000-0 -25218-4 0  9999
2 42808  86.3996 162.7092 0002083 100.1961 259.9470 14.34217264411997

Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:31Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:31:46.984Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

78.08993°

Altitude

780.98 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 50m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-32.32106°

Longitude

-99.92005°

Altitude

790.522 km

Speed

7.457 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 38m 23s

Apparent Declination

-39° 09' 34"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:43:59

Azimuth

98.402° ESE

Elevation

-65.895°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.123 km

Perigee altitude

773.143 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.77 km

Eccentricity

0.0002083

Inclination

86.3996°

RAAN

162.7092°

Arg. of periapsis

100.1961°

True anomaly

259.9235°

Mean anomaly

259.947°

Eccentric anomaly

259.93525°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

BSTAR

-0.000025218

Orbital period

100.34 mins

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IRIDIUM 117 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	2025-05-09 14:34:08.262Z	349.781° N	2025-05-09 14:37:08.262Z	290.621° WNW	43.396°	2025-05-09 14:42:08.262Z	187.164° SSW
6 mins	2025-05-10 01:50:08.262Z	125.368° SE	2025-05-10 01:53:08.262Z	77.379° E	23.817°	2025-05-10 01:56:08.262Z	34.729° NE
7 mins	2025-05-10 03:30:08.262Z	224.608° SW	2025-05-10 03:33:08.262Z	272.576° WNW	28.453°	2025-05-10 03:37:08.262Z	337.15° NNW

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