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IRIDIUM 165, 43572

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 165, 43572 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 25 Jul 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

43572, 2018-061D

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

Iridium Communications Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

NGIS SSG Gilbert

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

ELITEBUS, Unknown motor

Mass

860 kg wet, 700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-07-25 (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 1 day ago

0 IRIDIUM 165
1 43572U 18061D   25181.51581493  .00000026  00000-0  20965-5 0  9995
2 43572  86.3983 203.7189 0002155  91.2096 268.9347 14.34217962362986

Epoch: 2025-06-30T12:22Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T12:22:46.409Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

99.20102°

Altitude

780.746 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 34m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-78.0012°

Longitude

-64.09498°

Altitude

807.074 km

Speed

7.448 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 52m 50s

Apparent Declination

-71° 36' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:40:15

Azimuth

173.018° S

Elevation

-57.756°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.172 km

Perigee altitude

773.089 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.768 km

Eccentricity

0.00022

Inclination

86.3983°

RAAN

203.7189°

Arg. of periapsis

91.2096°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

268.9347°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.0000020965

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Other satellites on launch #61 in the year 2018 (2018-07-25 UTC)

IRIDIUM 165 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	2025-07-01 14:04:23.481Z	344.278° N	2025-07-01 14:08:23.481Z	287.864° WNW	36.763°	2025-07-01 14:13:23.481Z	200.131° SSW
7 mins	2025-07-02 01:21:23.481Z	138.827° SSE	2025-07-02 01:24:23.481Z	80.833° E	31.208°	2025-07-02 01:28:23.481Z	22.137° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-02 03:02:23.481Z	242.376° WSW	2025-07-02 03:05:23.481Z	288.174° WNW	21.509°	2025-07-02 03:08:23.481Z	328.466° NNW

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