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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

9 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, 4.7 m

Radar Cross Section

14.423 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 150
1 43257U 18030J   25199.58485385  .00000002  00000-0 -63512-5 0  9990
2 43257  86.3932  69.9342 0001797  86.9342 273.2059 14.34217396382341

Epoch: 2025-07-18T14:02Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T14:02:11.372Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-77.24739°

Altitude

780.648 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 39m 44s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

52.78916°

Longitude

97.86008°

Altitude

785.396 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 24m 15s

Apparent Declination

17° 13' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:47:30

Azimuth

50.315° ENE

Elevation

-15.839°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

775.918 km

Perigee altitude

773.348 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.77 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

Inclination

86.3932°

RAAN

69.9342°

Arg. of periapsis

86.9342°

True anomaly

273.18534°

Mean anomaly

273.2059°

Eccentric anomaly

273.19562°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-0.0000063512

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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.
6 mins	2025-07-19 02:20:58.032Z	38.262° NE	2025-07-19 02:23:58.032Z	76.537° E	17.102°	2025-07-19 02:26:58.032Z	114.416° SE
8 mins	2025-07-19 04:00:58.032Z	342.617° N	2025-07-19 04:04:58.032Z	271.29° WNW	37.31°	2025-07-19 04:08:58.032Z	202.249° SSW
8 mins	2025-07-19 15:16:58.032Z	143.564° SSE	2025-07-19 15:19:58.032Z	96.296° ESE	30.807°	2025-07-19 15:24:58.032Z	20.075° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-19 16:58:58.032Z	247.232° WSW	2025-07-19 17:00:58.032Z	278.084° WNW	21.696°	2025-07-19 17:04:58.032Z	332.14° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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