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IRIDIUM 136, 42962

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 136, 42962 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

42962, 2017-061H

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 136
1 42962U 17061H   25181.89929161  .00000032  00000-0  44648-5 0  9996
2 42962  86.3995 172.0683 0002535  85.1524 274.9961 14.34217691404488

Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:34Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:34:58.795Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-70.87916°

Altitude

780.561 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 28m 16s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

86.38443°

Longitude

11.07487°

Altitude

789.685 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 06m 26s

Apparent Declination

34° 26' 15"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:00:01

Azimuth

358.628° N

Elevation

-15.632°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.445 km

Perigee altitude

772.819 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

86.3995°

RAAN

172.0683°

Arg. of periapsis

85.1524°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

274.9961°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.0000044648

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

IRIDIUM 136 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	2025-07-01 11:33:14.919Z	357.012° N	2025-07-01 11:37:14.919Z	351.408° N	43.906°	2025-07-01 11:42:14.919Z	179.952° S
5 mins	2025-07-01 22:51:14.919Z	112.323° ESE	2025-07-01 22:53:14.919Z	82.471° E	20.23°	2025-07-01 22:56:14.919Z	40.763° NE
8 mins	2025-07-02 00:30:14.919Z	215.489° SW	2025-07-02 00:33:14.919Z	263.339° W	32.39°	2025-07-02 00:38:14.919Z	345.737° N

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