Latitude
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IRIDIUM
NORAD 43070 · COSPAR 2017-083A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #46288 @ 776 x 779 km x 86.3922 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-25 21:32 UTC · 16.8 h old
Orbit history
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Altitude —
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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IRIDIUM 135
1 43070U 17083A 26298.89776800 .00000004 00000-0 -58028-5 0 09998
2 43070 86.3922 267.3457 0002211 87.3190 272.8259 14.34217440462887
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43070U 17083A 26298.89776800 .00000004 00000-0 -58028-5 0 09998
2 43070 86.3922 267.3457 0002211 87.3190 272.8259 14.34217440462887
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
December 23rd 2017
Spacecraft age
8 years, 10 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Iridium Communications, Inc.
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
LEO · 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 elementsInclination
86.3922°
Period
100.4 min
Perigee
776 km
Apogee
779 km
Eccentricity
0.0002211
RAAN
267.3457°
Arg of Perigee
87.319°
Mean Motion
14.3421744 rev/d