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IRIDIUM 180, 43922

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 180, 43922 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 11 Jan 2019 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

43922, 2019-002A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 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)

2019-01-11 (6 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 180
1 43922U 19002A   25181.92123814  .00000011  00000-0 -32885-5 0  9993
2 43922  86.3995 140.4461 0002298  85.7693 274.3765 14.34217608338645

Epoch: 2025-06-30T22:06Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T22:06:34.975Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-110.42374°

Altitude

780.593 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 21m 47s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

65.53447°

Longitude

-102.72647°

Altitude

787.509 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 48m 49s

Apparent Declination

17° 08' 36"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:46:32

Azimuth

359.352° N

Elevation

-32.938°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.276 km

Perigee altitude

772.988 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00023

Inclination

86.3995°

RAAN

140.4461°

Arg. of periapsis

85.7693°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

274.3765°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-0.0000032885

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Other satellites on launch #2 in the year 2019 (2019-01-11 UTC)

IRIDIUM 180 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.
7 mins	2025-07-01 10:25:08.766Z	326.749° NNW	2025-07-01 10:29:08.766Z	269.661° W	22.541°	2025-07-01 10:32:08.766Z	229.687° WSW
9 mins	2025-07-01 21:40:08.766Z	174.224° S	2025-07-01 21:44:08.766Z	103.287° ESE	44.186°	2025-07-01 21:49:08.766Z	5.891° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-02 08:12:08.766Z	44.645° NE	2025-07-02 08:14:08.766Z	72.157° E	18.341°	2025-07-02 08:17:08.766Z	113.237° SE
8 mins	2025-07-02 09:52:08.766Z	336.367° NNW	2025-07-02 09:55:08.766Z	281.418° WNW	35.346°	2025-07-02 10:00:08.766Z	202.236° SSW

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