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IRIDIUM 135, 43070

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 135, 43070 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 23 Dec 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

43070, 2017-083A

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

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)

2017-12-23 (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, 4.7 m

Radar Cross Section

14.423 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 135
1 43070U 17083A   25243.26337015  .00000032  00000-0  42547-5 0  9998
2 43070  86.3909  83.2229 0002220  83.8610 276.2839 14.34217663402593

Epoch: 2025-08-31T06:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-31T06:19:15.18Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

8.72383°

Altitude

780.545 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 32m 53s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

08:00:31

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.22 km

Perigee altitude

773.044 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00022

Inclination

86.3909°

RAAN

83.2229°

Arg. of periapsis

83.861°

True anomaly

276.25861°

Mean anomaly

276.2839°

Eccentric anomaly

276.27126°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.0000042547

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IRIDIUM 135 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	2025-09-01 01:18:36.662Z	4.281° NNE	2025-09-01 01:23:36.662Z	103.187° ESE	42.057°	2025-09-01 01:27:36.662Z	166.339° S
4 mins	2025-09-01 12:37:36.662Z	98.456° ESE	2025-09-01 12:39:36.662Z	72.379° E	14.642°	2025-09-01 12:41:36.662Z	48.441° ENE
8 mins	2025-09-01 14:15:36.662Z	200.261° SSW	2025-09-01 14:19:36.662Z	290.489° WNW	39.927°	2025-09-01 14:23:36.662Z	351.909° N