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IRIDIUM 150, 43257

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 150, 43257 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 30 Mar 2018 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

43257, 2018-030J

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

6 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)

2018-03-30 (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 6 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 150
1 43257U 18030J   25192.18939056  .00000022  00000-0  81213-6 0  9998
2 43257  86.3942  73.0283 0001809  82.3356 277.8045 14.34217676381302

Epoch: 2025-07-11T04:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-11T04:32:43.344Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

75.50281°

Altitude

780.543 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 52m 06s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-55.62911°

Longitude

70.13239°

Altitude

800.28 km

Speed

7.452 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 19m 59s

Apparent Declination

-60° 14' 57"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:17:00

Azimuth

141.658° SSE

Elevation

-56.066°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

775.926 km

Perigee altitude

773.338 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

Inclination

86.3942°

RAAN

73.0283°

Arg. of periapsis

82.3356°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

277.8045°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

8.1213e-7

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Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 2018 (2018-03-30 UTC)

IRIDIUM 150 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.
10 mins	2025-07-11 16:22:02.878Z	168.089° S	2025-07-11 16:27:02.878Z	93.042° ESE	41.294°	2025-07-11 16:32:02.878Z	10.058° NNE
4 mins	2025-07-11 18:07:02.878Z	269.96° W	2025-07-11 18:08:02.878Z	282.734° WNW	14.117°	2025-07-11 18:11:02.878Z	318.53° NNW
4 mins	2025-07-12 02:56:02.878Z	59.823° ENE	2025-07-12 02:57:02.878Z	73.161° E	15.195°	2025-07-12 03:00:02.878Z	109.755° ESE
8 mins	2025-07-12 04:35:02.878Z	342.424° N	2025-07-12 04:38:02.878Z	283.365° WNW	39.748°	2025-07-12 04:43:02.878Z	195.106° SSW

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