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IRIDIUM 147, 43480

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 147, 43480 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

43480, 2018-047E

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 147
1 43480U 18047E   25125.79956303  .00000100  00000-0  28490-4 0  9994
2 43480  86.3948 258.5123 0002153  90.6949 269.4493 14.34216731364094

Epoch: 2025-05-05T19:11Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-05T19:11:22.245Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

106.76168°

Altitude

780.737 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 14m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-58.53904°

Longitude

-67.58292°

Altitude

801.722 km

Speed

7.451 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 40m 57s

Apparent Declination

-50° 15' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:58:25

Azimuth

212.327° SW

Elevation

-77.253°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.175 km

Perigee altitude

773.095 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.772 km

Eccentricity

0.0002153

Inclination

86.3948°

RAAN

258.5123°

Arg. of periapsis

90.6949°

True anomaly

269.42463°

Mean anomaly

269.4493°

Eccentric anomaly

269.43696°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

BSTAR

0.00002849

Orbital period

100.34 mins

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FALCON 9 DEB, 43483 (Decayed)

IRIDIUM 147 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 08:42:09.268Z	146.885° SSE	2025-05-06 08:46:09.268Z	88.761° E	30.151°	2025-05-06 08:50:09.268Z	24.933° NE
7 mins	2025-05-06 10:24:09.268Z	238.016° WSW	2025-05-06 10:27:09.268Z	282.995° WNW	22.533°	2025-05-06 10:31:09.268Z	334.958° NNW
8 mins	2025-05-06 20:54:09.268Z	0.462° NNE	2025-05-06 20:57:09.268Z	36.011° NE	44.592°	2025-05-06 21:02:09.268Z	176.372° S

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