Latitude
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IRIDIUM
NORAD 43925 · COSPAR 2019-002D · ACTIVE
Orbit: #40557 @ 776 x 779 km x 86.3931 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-11 03:24 UTC · 22.6 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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IRIDIUM 173
1 43925U 19002D 26284.14197870 -.00000048 00000-0 -24328-4 0 09991
2 43925 86.3931 305.1078 0002073 91.7564 268.3869 14.34217040405572
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 43925U 19002D 26284.14197870 -.00000048 00000-0 -24328-4 0 09991
2 43925 86.3931 305.1078 0002073 91.7564 268.3869 14.34217040405572
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
January 11th 2019
Spacecraft age
7 years, 9 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
86.3931°
Period
100.4 min
Perigee
776 km
Apogee
779 km
Eccentricity
0.0002073
RAAN
305.1078°
Arg of Perigee
91.7564°
Mean Motion
14.3421704 rev/d