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IRIDIUM 131, 43079

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 131, 43079 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

43079, 2017-083K

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 131
1 43079U 17083K   25128.53221183 -.00000118  00000-0 -49036-4 0  9993
2 43079  86.3953 131.3351 0002145  85.1019 275.0421 14.34216934386108

Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:46Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:46:23.102Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

73.13748°

Altitude

780.586 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 45m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-55.73736°

Longitude

-101.89529°

Altitude

800.744 km

Speed

7.451 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 15m 20s

Apparent Declination

-56° 27' 26"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:45:38

Azimuth

136.754° SSE

Elevation

-60.539°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.169 km

Perigee altitude

773.1 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.771 km

Eccentricity

0.0002145

Inclination

86.3953°

RAAN

131.3351°

Arg. of periapsis

85.1019°

True anomaly

275.01761°

Mean anomaly

275.0421°

Eccentric anomaly

275.02986°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

BSTAR

-0.000049036

Orbital period

100.34 mins

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IRIDIUM 131 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.
6 mins	2025-05-09 11:07:46.726Z	35.347° NE	2025-05-09 11:10:46.726Z	73.646° E	18.301°	2025-05-09 11:13:46.726Z	114.121° SE
8 mins	2025-05-09 12:48:46.726Z	335.817° NNW	2025-05-09 12:51:46.726Z	278.128° WNW	35.555°	2025-05-09 12:56:46.726Z	201.722° SSW
8 mins	2025-05-10 00:03:46.726Z	147.674° SSE	2025-05-10 00:07:46.726Z	73.526° E	32.477°	2025-05-10 00:11:46.726Z	19.47° NNE
6 mins	2025-05-10 01:45:46.726Z	246.667° WSW	2025-05-10 01:47:46.726Z	275.151° WNW	20.176°	2025-05-10 01:51:46.726Z	329.304° NNW

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