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IRIDIUM 153, 43078

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 153, 43078 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

43078, 2017-083J

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, 4.8 m

Radar Cross Section

10.154 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 153
1 43078U 17083J   25362.50068174  .00000407  00000-0  13813-3 0  9990
2 43078  86.3967   1.8215 0002041  98.3947 261.7480 14.34215979420815

Epoch: 2025-12-28T12:00Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-28T12:00:58.902Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

84.36431°

Altitude

780.934 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 07m 17s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

19:32:06

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.097 km

Perigee altitude

773.178 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.775 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

86.3967°

RAAN

1.8215°

Arg. of periapsis

98.3947°

True anomaly

261.72485°

Mean anomaly

261.748°

Eccentric anomaly

261.73643°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.00013813

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IRIDIUM 153 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	2025-12-28 23:51:24.798Z	138.85° SSE	2025-12-28 23:55:24.798Z	85.1° E	25.117°	2025-12-28 23:59:24.798Z	28.826° NE
7 mins	2025-12-29 01:33:24.798Z	232.558° WSW	2025-12-29 01:36:24.798Z	286.499° WNW	27.131°	2025-12-29 01:40:24.798Z	340.057° N
9 mins	2025-12-29 12:02:24.798Z	5.971° NNE	2025-12-29 12:06:24.798Z	79.702° E	42.261°	2025-12-29 12:11:24.798Z	167.877° S

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IRIDIUM 153, 43078

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-28T12:00:58.902Z)

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Other satellites on launch #83 in the year 2017 (2017-12-23 UTC)

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