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IRIDIUM 134, 43075

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 134, 43075 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

43075, 2017-083F

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

18 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)

2017-12-23 (7 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 18 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 134
1 43075U 17083F   25128.53855572  .00000072  00000-0  18769-4 0  9990
2 43075  86.3944 131.2353 0002432  97.6638 262.4834 14.34217770386106

Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:55Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:55:31.214Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

70.74763°

Altitude

780.946 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 44m 56s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-2.09559°

Longitude

-109.42749°

Altitude

780.913 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 00m 24s

Apparent Declination

-26° 20' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:39:46

Azimuth

90.713° ESE

Elevation

-42.883°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.371 km

Perigee altitude

772.892 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.0002432

Inclination

86.3944°

RAAN

131.2353°

Arg. of periapsis

97.6638°

True anomaly

262.45577°

Mean anomaly

262.4834°

Eccentric anomaly

262.46959°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

BSTAR

0.000018769

Orbital period

100.34 mins

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IRIDIUM 134 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	2025-05-09 11:16:55.217Z	31.933° NE	2025-05-09 11:19:55.217Z	72.939° E	21.751°	2025-05-09 11:23:55.217Z	127.995° SE
7 mins	2025-05-09 12:57:55.217Z	330.24° NNW	2025-05-09 13:00:55.217Z	277.327° WNW	30.996°	2025-05-09 13:04:55.217Z	213.284° SW
8 mins	2025-05-10 00:12:55.217Z	155.581° SSE	2025-05-10 00:16:55.217Z	69.448° E	36.817°	2025-05-10 00:20:55.217Z	15.257° NNE
4 mins	2025-05-10 01:55:55.217Z	262.35° W	2025-05-10 01:57:55.217Z	290.604° WNW	16.839°	2025-05-10 01:59:55.217Z	316.406° NNW

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