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IRIDIUM 152, 43479

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 152, 43479 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 22 May 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

43479, 2018-047D

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

13 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)

2018-05-22 (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 13 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 152
1 43479U 18047D   25125.79321630  .00000228  00000-0  74184-4 0  9993
2 43479  86.3949 258.5171 0002019  96.0841 264.0585 14.34215347364093

Epoch: 2025-05-05T19:02Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-05T19:02:13.888Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

109.05756°

Altitude

780.876 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 14m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

7.11909°

Longitude

109.27204°

Altitude

780.008 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 52m 35s

Apparent Declination

-51° 23' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:25:17

Azimuth

157.87° S

Elevation

-6.792°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.084 km

Perigee altitude

773.196 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.777 km

Eccentricity

0.0002019

Inclination

86.3949°

RAAN

258.5171°

Arg. of periapsis

96.0841°

True anomaly

264.03549°

Mean anomaly

264.0585°

Eccentric anomaly

264.04699°

Mean motion

3.58782 °/min

BSTAR

0.000074184

Orbital period

100.34 mins

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Other satellites on launch #47 in the year 2018 (2018-05-22 UTC)

FALCON 9 DEB, 43483 (Decayed)

IRIDIUM 152 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	2025-05-06 08:32:56.660Z	141.314° SSE	2025-05-06 08:36:56.660Z	89.16° E	25.918°	2025-05-06 08:40:56.660Z	29.341° NE
7 mins	2025-05-06 10:14:56.660Z	231.932° WSW	2025-05-06 10:17:56.660Z	282.182° WNW	26.353°	2025-05-06 10:21:56.660Z	338.002° N
8 mins	2025-05-06 20:44:56.660Z	7.259° NNE	2025-05-06 20:47:56.660Z	63.752° ENE	42.642°	2025-05-06 20:52:56.660Z	169.105° S
4 mins	2025-05-07 08:02:56.660Z	92.888° ESE	2025-05-07 08:03:56.660Z	79.362° E	15.466°	2025-05-07 08:06:56.660Z	43.212° NE

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