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IRIDIUM 176, 43923

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 176, 43923 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

43923, 2019-002B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

9 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 9 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 176
1 43923U 19002B   25182.85342894  .00000716  00000-0  10972-3 0  9990
2 43923  86.6116 140.0486 0003139  77.4255 282.7313 14.72249261347705

Epoch: 2025-07-01T20:28Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T20:28:56.26Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-87.32874°

Altitude

656.518 km

Speed

7.529 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 20m 11s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

23.55478°

Longitude

91.04589°

Altitude

656.554 km

Speed

7.531 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 17m 30s

Apparent Declination

-11° 52' 39"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:02:20

Azimuth

87.253° E

Elevation

-21.955°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

653.01 km

Perigee altitude

648.597 km

Semi-major axis

7,028.94 km

Eccentricity

0.00031

Inclination

86.6116°

RAAN

140.0486°

Arg. of periapsis

77.4255°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

282.7313°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.68306 °/min

Orbital period

97.74 mins

BSTAR

0.00010972

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

IRIDIUM 176 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.
6 mins	2025-07-02 08:28:46.841Z	32.009° NE	2025-07-02 08:31:46.841Z	79.857° E	21.624°	2025-07-02 08:34:46.841Z	127.54° SE
5 mins	2025-07-02 10:07:46.841Z	317.625° NNW	2025-07-02 10:09:46.841Z	277.459° WNW	25.878°	2025-07-02 10:12:46.841Z	223.863° SW
6 mins	2025-07-02 21:05:46.841Z	132.989° SE	2025-07-02 21:07:46.841Z	89.875° E	29.138°	2025-07-02 21:11:46.841Z	22.519° NE
4 mins	2025-07-02 22:44:46.841Z	258.188° W	2025-07-02 22:45:46.841Z	275.345° WNW	18.783°	2025-07-02 22:48:46.841Z	322.471° NNW

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