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IRIDIUM 164, 43577

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 164, 43577 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

43577, 2018-061J

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

21 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, 9.4 m

Radar Cross Section

14.423 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 21 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 164
1 43577U 18061J   25174.83706558  .00000109  00000-0  31911-4 0  9992
2 43577  86.3984 206.4787 0002070  90.0407 270.1026 14.34218078362051

Epoch: 2025-06-23T20:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-23T20:05:22.466Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-7.10652°

Altitude

780.715 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 45m 54s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

86.33479°

Longitude

70.32491°

Altitude

790.006 km

Speed

7.466 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 02m 27s

Apparent Declination

30° 22' 28"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:47:41

Azimuth

356.621° N

Elevation

-19.626°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.111 km

Perigee altitude

773.15 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.768 km

Eccentricity

0.00021

Inclination

86.3984°

RAAN

206.4787°

Arg. of periapsis

90.0407°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

270.1026°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000031911

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IRIDIUM 164 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	2025-06-25 02:19:50.002Z	168.004° S	2025-06-25 02:24:50.002Z	92.967° ESE	41.252°	2025-06-25 02:29:50.002Z	10.097° NNE
4 mins	2025-06-25 04:04:50.002Z	269.951° W	2025-06-25 04:05:50.002Z	282.742° WNW	14.149°	2025-06-25 04:08:50.002Z	318.565° NNW
4 mins	2025-06-25 12:53:50.002Z	59.876° ENE	2025-06-25 12:54:50.002Z	73.197° E	15.147°	2025-06-25 12:57:50.002Z	109.729° ESE
8 mins	2025-06-25 14:32:50.002Z	342.513° N	2025-06-25 14:35:50.002Z	283.32° WNW	39.808°	2025-06-25 14:40:50.002Z	195° SSW

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