IRIDIUM

NORAD 41922 · COSPAR 2017-003F · ACTIVE

Orbit: #51105 @ 776 x 779 km x 86.3995 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-19 06:11 UTC Â· 31 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

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IRIDIUM 104
1 41922U 17003F 26292.25808154 .00000179 00000-0 56981-4 0 09993
2 41922 86.3995 36.5816 0002134 88.0158 272.1282 14.34218650511059

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

January 14th 2017

Spacecraft age

9 years, 9 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Iridium Communications, Inc.

Purpose

Communications

Orbit class

LEO Â· Polar

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Falcon 9

Contractor

Thales Alenia Space/Orbital ATK

Launch mass

860 kg

Power

50.00 W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

86.3995Â°

Period

100.4 min

Perigee

776 km

Apogee

779 km

Eccentricity

0.0002134

RAAN

36.5816Â°

Arg of Perigee

88.0158Â°

Mean Motion

14.3421865 rev/d