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IRIDIUM 119, 42959

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 119, 42959 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 09 Oct 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

42959, 2017-061E

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

9 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)

2017-10-09 (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 9 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 119
1 42959U 17061E   25181.91197581  .00000077  00000-0  20456-4 0  9997
2 42959  86.3995 172.0568 0002578  86.5498 273.5992 14.34218077404464

Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:53Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:53:14.709Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

-75.46948°

Altitude

780.602 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 28m 13s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

46.64918°

Longitude

100.57259°

Altitude

783.709 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 50m 39s

Apparent Declination

11° 07' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:30:36

Azimuth

57.638° ENE

Elevation

-17.939°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.474 km

Perigee altitude

772.787 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.768 km

Eccentricity

0.00026

Inclination

86.3995°

RAAN

172.0568°

Arg. of periapsis

86.5498°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

273.5992°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000020456

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Other satellites on launch #61 in the year 2017 (2017-10-09 UTC)

IRIDIUM 119 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.
5 mins	2025-07-01 10:12:44.313Z	47.831° ENE	2025-07-01 10:14:44.313Z	72.84° E	14.783°	2025-07-01 10:17:44.313Z	109.036° ESE
8 mins	2025-07-01 11:52:44.313Z	343.455° N	2025-07-01 11:55:44.313Z	285.453° WNW	40.222°	2025-07-01 12:00:44.313Z	194.218° SSW
7 mins	2025-07-01 23:08:44.313Z	131.859° SE	2025-07-01 23:11:44.313Z	77.902° E	27.728°	2025-07-01 23:15:44.313Z	24.312° NE
6 mins	2025-07-02 00:49:44.313Z	240.163° WSW	2025-07-02 00:51:44.313Z	272.341° WNW	24.366°	2025-07-02 00:55:44.313Z	332.661° NNW

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