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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

11 hours 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, 4.7 m

Radar Cross Section

14.423 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 165
1 43572U 18061D   25199.51610019  .00000128  00000-0  38764-4 0  9999
2 43572  86.3987 196.2021 0002228  92.0494 268.0957 14.34218672365567

Epoch: 2025-07-18T12:23Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T12:23:11.056Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

73.83959°

Altitude

780.768 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 04m 48s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

27.64051°

Longitude

-108.22632°

Altitude

780.425 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 30m 11s

Apparent Declination

-3° 56' 18"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:56:00

Azimuth

345.67° N

Elevation

-53.202°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.222 km

Perigee altitude

773.035 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.766 km

Eccentricity

0.00022

Inclination

86.3987°

RAAN

196.2021°

Arg. of periapsis

92.0494°

True anomaly

268.07018°

Mean anomaly

268.0957°

Eccentric anomaly

268.08294°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000038764

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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.
10 mins	2025-07-19 00:12:27.072Z	173.024° S	2025-07-19 00:17:27.072Z	102.002° ESE	43.444°	2025-07-19 00:22:27.072Z	7.271° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-19 10:45:27.072Z	45.283° ENE	2025-07-19 10:47:27.072Z	71.965° E	17.296°	2025-07-19 10:50:27.072Z	111.693° ESE
8 mins	2025-07-19 12:25:27.072Z	338.436° N	2025-07-19 12:28:27.072Z	283.256° WNW	36.726°	2025-07-19 12:33:27.072Z	200.154° SSW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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