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IRIDIUM 130, 43073

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 130, 43073 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

43073, 2017-083D

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: 14 hours ago

TLE from 14 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 130
1 43073U 17083D   25243.08577612  .00000112  00000-0  33061-4 0  9999
2 43073  86.3917  83.5342 0002404  93.6339 266.5131 14.34218016402539

Epoch: 2025-08-31T02:03Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-31T02:03:31.056Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

73.14402°

Altitude

780.822 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 34m 08s

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

08:03:27

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.35 km

Perigee altitude

772.911 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.768 km

Eccentricity

0.00024

Inclination

86.3917°

RAAN

83.5342°

Arg. of periapsis

93.6339°

True anomaly

266.4856°

Mean anomaly

266.5131°

Eccentric anomaly

266.49935°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000033061

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IRIDIUM 130 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.
7 mins	2025-09-01 00:24:32.294Z	32.051° NE	2025-09-01 00:28:32.294Z	83.31° E	18.159°	2025-09-01 00:31:32.294Z	120.049° SE
8 mins	2025-09-01 02:05:32.294Z	338.317° N	2025-09-01 02:09:32.294Z	256.358° W	34.957°	2025-09-01 02:13:32.294Z	203.11° SW
7 mins	2025-09-01 13:21:32.294Z	142.805° SSE	2025-09-01 13:24:32.294Z	84.425° E	32.862°	2025-09-01 13:28:32.294Z	21.364° NNE
6 mins	2025-09-01 15:02:32.294Z	242.606° WSW	2025-09-01 15:05:32.294Z	285.619° WNW	20.341°	2025-09-01 15:08:32.294Z	326.007° NNW