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IRIDIUM 137, 43076

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 137, 43076 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

43076, 2017-083G

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

7 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 7 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 137
1 43076U 17083G   25128.96985011  .00000192  00000-0  61498-4 0  9990
2 43076  86.3947 131.1394 0002940  84.6053 275.5478 14.34219468386234

Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:16Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:16:35.049Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-85.03935°

Altitude

780.51 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 44m 33s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

24.55565°

Longitude

93.19048°

Altitude

780.106 km

Speed

7.466 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 09m 57s

Apparent Declination

-7° 59' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:50:38

Azimuth

72.503° E

Elevation

-31.532°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.729 km

Perigee altitude

772.523 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.763 km

Eccentricity

0.000294

Inclination

86.3947°

RAAN

131.1394°

Arg. of periapsis

84.6053°

True anomaly

275.51427°

Mean anomaly

275.5478°

Eccentric anomaly

275.53103°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

BSTAR

0.000061498

Orbital period

100.34 mins

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IRIDIUM 137 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.
8 mins	2025-05-09 11:34:46.300Z	20.869° NNE	2025-05-09 11:38:46.300Z	84.189° E	29.515°	2025-05-09 11:42:46.300Z	143.215° SSE
6 mins	2025-05-09 13:16:46.300Z	315.699° NNW	2025-05-09 13:18:46.300Z	285.065° WNW	22.848°	2025-05-09 13:22:46.300Z	227.968° WSW
9 mins	2025-05-10 00:30:46.300Z	173.378° S	2025-05-10 00:34:46.300Z	81.724° E	44.061°	2025-05-10 00:39:46.300Z	6.066° NNE

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