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IRIDIUM 107, 42960

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 107, 42960 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

42960, 2017-061F

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

15 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 15 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 107
1 42960U 17061F   25191.48929051 -.00000020  00000-0 -14134-4 0  9993
2 42960  86.4009 168.0787 0002136  73.7558 286.3873 14.34217540405843

Epoch: 2025-07-10T11:44Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-10T11:44:34.7Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

63.27928°

Altitude

780.288 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 12m 18s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-34.30417°

Longitude

60.57347°

Altitude

791.126 km

Speed

7.457 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 37m 07s

Apparent Declination

-56° 24' 59"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:55:49

Azimuth

225.077° WSW

Elevation

-42.64°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.16 km

Perigee altitude

773.104 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00021

Inclination

86.4009°

RAAN

168.0787°

Arg. of periapsis

73.7558°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

286.3873°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-0.000014134

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IRIDIUM 107 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.
9 mins	2025-07-11 10:05:13.430Z	13.273° NNE	2025-07-11 10:09:13.430Z	72.439° E	34.904°	2025-07-11 10:14:13.430Z	154.824° SSE
5 mins	2025-07-11 11:48:13.430Z	303.755° NW	2025-07-11 11:50:13.430Z	274.202° WNW	18.431°	2025-07-11 11:53:13.430Z	237.177° WSW
8 mins	2025-07-11 23:02:13.430Z	184.986° SSW	2025-07-11 23:05:13.430Z	215.497° SW	44.436°	2025-07-11 23:10:13.430Z	0.776° NNE

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