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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

Last TLE update

21 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 21 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 153
1 43078U 17083J   25128.42730661  .00000430  00000-0  14639-3 0  9991
2 43078  86.3932  99.6917 0001812  88.2782 271.8621 14.34219365387264

Epoch: 2025-05-08T10:15Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T10:15:19.291Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

79.36336°

Altitude

780.671 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 38m 46s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

86.40731°

Longitude

165.97294°

Altitude

790.19 km

Speed

7.466 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 08m 37s

Apparent Declination

33° 56' 40"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:54:49

Azimuth

357.023° N

Elevation

-16.071°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

775.922 km

Perigee altitude

773.33 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.763 km

Eccentricity

0.0001812

Inclination

86.3932°

RAAN

99.6917°

Arg. of periapsis

88.2782°

True anomaly

271.84135°

Mean anomaly

271.8621°

Eccentric anomaly

271.85172°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

BSTAR

0.00014639

Orbital period

100.34 mins

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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.
9 mins	2025-05-09 10:16:56.614Z	354.471° N	2025-05-09 10:20:56.614Z	257.011° W	44.601°	2025-05-09 10:25:56.614Z	183.063° SSW
6 mins	2025-05-09 21:33:56.614Z	119.556° SE	2025-05-09 21:35:56.614Z	90.469° ESE	21.571°	2025-05-09 21:39:56.614Z	34.339° NE
7 mins	2025-05-09 23:13:56.614Z	223.379° SW	2025-05-09 23:16:56.614Z	279.323° WNW	30.945°	2025-05-09 23:20:56.614Z	341.402° N

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