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IRIDIUM 29, 24944

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 29, 24944 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 14 Sep 1997 UTC via a PROTON-K/17S40 launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). 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

24944, 1997-051A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

23 hours ago

Origin

Iridium Communications Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

MOTO/LMMS

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LM700, Unknown motor

Mass

662 kg wet, 556 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1997-09-14 (28 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-K/17S40

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 8.37 m

Radar Cross Section

5.666 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 23 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 29
1 24944U 97051A   25116.65987897  .00000668  00000-0  22133-3 0  9993
2 24944  86.3992 165.5019 0002496  92.4526 267.6957 14.36420893445878

Epoch: 2025-04-26T15:50Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-26T15:50:13.543Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

73.04605°

Altitude

773.475 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 02m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-68.66208°

Longitude

63.42239°

Altitude

797.891 km

Speed

7.453 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 20m 07s

Apparent Declination

-54° 59' 44"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:18:18

Azimuth

180.998° SSW

Elevation

-74.918°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

769.093 km

Perigee altitude

765.526 km

Semi-major axis

7,145.447 km

Eccentricity

0.0002496

Inclination

86.3992°

RAAN

165.5019°

Arg. of periapsis

92.4526°

True anomaly

267.66712°

Mean anomaly

267.6957°

Eccentric anomaly

267.68141°

Mean motion

3.59335 °/min

BSTAR

0.00022133

Orbital period

100.19 mins

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IRIDIUM 29 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
9 mins	2025-04-27 15:49:23.802Z	342.613° N	2025-04-27 15:53:23.802Z	278.523° WNW	36.319°	2025-04-27 15:58:23.802Z	200.397° SSW
8 mins	2025-04-28 03:04:23.802Z	145.284° SSE	2025-04-28 03:08:23.802Z	73.438° E	30.946°	2025-04-28 03:12:23.802Z	20.482° NNE
6 mins	2025-04-28 04:46:23.802Z	247.459° WSW	2025-04-28 04:48:23.802Z	278.106° WNW	21.289°	2025-04-28 04:52:23.802Z	331.977° NNW

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