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IRIDIUM
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56729
· COSPAR
2023-068V
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Orbit:
#18352 @ 628 x 631 km x 86.6564 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-10-11 04:40 UTC
·
12.6 h old
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Current TLE
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IRIDIUM 178
1 56729U 23068V 26284.19479954 .00000895 00000-0 11492-3 0 09990
2 56729 86.6564 336.9256 0002386 89.4359 270.7136 14.80047279183524
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Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
86.6564°
Period
97.29
min
Perigee
628
km
Apogee
631
km
Eccentricity
0.0002386
RAAN
336.9256°
Arg of Perigee
89.4359°
Mean Motion
14.80047279
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