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IRIDIUM 124, 42810

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 124, 42810 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

42810, 2017-039H

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

7 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 7 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 124
1 42810U 17039H   25196.58983787  .00000269  00000-0  73968-4 0  9997
2 42810  86.4462  71.0907 0002020  87.0557 273.0875 14.43276705426561

Epoch: 2025-07-15T14:09Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T14:09:21.991Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-74.93311°

Altitude

750.68 km

Speed

7.479 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 44m 21s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

8.16753°

Longitude

104.42907°

Altitude

749.959 km

Speed

7.48 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 50m 49s

Apparent Declination

-18° 36' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:11:46

Azimuth

78.803° E

Elevation

-42.042°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

746.082 km

Perigee altitude

743.205 km

Semi-major axis

7,122.78 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

86.4462°

RAAN

71.0907°

Arg. of periapsis

87.0557°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

273.0875°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.61051 °/min

Orbital period

99.71 mins

BSTAR

0.000073968

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IRIDIUM 124 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	2025-07-16 04:03:17.803Z	349.772° N	2025-07-16 04:07:17.803Z	234.79° WSW	42.133°	2025-07-16 04:11:17.803Z	188.838° SSW
6 mins	2025-07-16 15:15:17.803Z	125.148° SE	2025-07-16 15:18:17.803Z	79.347° E	22.16°	2025-07-16 15:21:17.803Z	36.371° NE
7 mins	2025-07-16 16:55:17.803Z	227.3° WSW	2025-07-16 16:58:17.803Z	285.786° WNW	29.194°	2025-07-16 17:02:17.803Z	342.175° N

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