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IRIDIUM 167, 43931

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 167, 43931 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

43931, 2019-002K

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

7 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 7 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 167
1 43931U 19002K   25182.14957092  .00000046  00000-0  94847-5 0  9994
2 43931  86.3991 140.3477 0002082  74.6546 285.4880 14.34217801338648

Epoch: 2025-07-01T03:35Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T03:35:22.927Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

167.053°

Altitude

780.32 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 21m 23s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-21.6401°

Longitude

165.51515°

Altitude

786.074 km

Speed

7.46 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 29m 48s

Apparent Declination

-30° 09' 22"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:49:38

Azimuth

24.045° NE

Elevation

-79.435°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.121 km

Perigee altitude

773.142 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.768 km

Eccentricity

0.00021

Inclination

86.3991°

RAAN

140.3477°

Arg. of periapsis

74.6546°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

285.488°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.0000094847

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IRIDIUM 167 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.
4 mins	2025-07-01 10:54:13.729Z	302.024° NW	2025-07-01 10:56:13.729Z	277.459° WNW	13.134°	2025-07-01 10:58:13.729Z	254.411° W
4 mins	2025-07-01 20:30:13.729Z	95.719° ESE	2025-07-01 20:31:13.729Z	82.798° E	14.665°	2025-07-01 20:34:13.729Z	46.262° ENE
8 mins	2025-07-01 22:08:13.729Z	201.127° SSW	2025-07-01 22:11:13.729Z	250.679° W	39.511°	2025-07-01 22:16:13.729Z	352.704° N
7 mins	2025-07-02 08:39:13.729Z	28.959° NE	2025-07-02 08:42:13.729Z	83.87° E	29.628°	2025-07-02 08:46:13.729Z	143.271° SSE

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