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IRIDIUM 110, 43481

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 110, 43481 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

43481, 2018-047F

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 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 12 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 110
1 43481U 18047F   25125.80590344  .00000189  00000-0  60450-4 0  9995
2 43481  86.3950 258.5910 0001756  87.0314 273.1083 14.34218713364084

Epoch: 2025-05-05T19:20Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-05T19:20:30.057Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

104.55159°

Altitude

780.647 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 14m 21s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

35.00522°

Longitude

-78.1798°

Altitude

781.803 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 26m 09s

Apparent Declination

0° 05' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:41:24

Azimuth

342.896° N

Elevation

-48.715°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

775.885 km

Perigee altitude

773.372 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.765 km

Eccentricity

0.0001756

Inclination

86.395°

RAAN

258.591°

Arg. of periapsis

87.0314°

True anomaly

273.08821°

Mean anomaly

273.1083°

Eccentric anomaly

273.09825°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

BSTAR

0.00006045

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 110 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.
9 mins	2025-05-06 08:51:11.071Z	153.772° SSE	2025-05-06 08:55:11.071Z	93.253° ESE	34.308°	2025-05-06 09:00:11.071Z	16.662° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-06 10:34:11.071Z	252.198° W	2025-05-06 10:36:11.071Z	281.083° WNW	19.193°	2025-05-06 10:39:11.071Z	322.198° NNW
8 mins	2025-05-06 21:03:11.071Z	353.766° N	2025-05-06 21:06:11.071Z	319.006° NNW	44.064°	2025-05-06 21:11:11.071Z	183.386° SSW

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