IRIDIUM 33 DEB, 39778
Orbit data source: Space-Track
IRIDIUM 33 DEB, 39778 is space debris in LEO originally from a launch on Sun, 14 Sep 1997 UTC launched from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). The debris from Iridium 33, an American commercial communications satellite, has been tracked extensively since its accidental collision with the defunct Russian satellite Cosmos 2251 in 2009. This event, occurring at high speed in low Earth orbit (LEO), generated thousands of pieces of space debris, significantly increasing the risk of further collisions. The Iridium 33 debris cloud has impacted space traffic management and orbital debris mitigation strategies, making it a subject of ongoing study in space situational awareness.
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39778 intel report (Beta)
IRIDIUM 33 DEB details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | LEO |
| Last TLE update | 1 day ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | Unknown |
| Mission | Spacecraft |
| Bus & Motor | Unknown |
| Mass | Unknown |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | Unknown |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Unknown |
| Radar Cross Section | Small (<0.1 m²) |
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TLE from 1 day ago
0 IRIDIUM 33 DEB
1 39778U 97051AAK 24360.31104081 .00008678 00000-0 22255-2 0 9996
2 39778 86.3819 195.6518 0009119 118.4391 241.7734 14.50192283555775Epoch: 2024-12-25T07:27Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-25T07:27:53.925Z)
| Latitude | -0.00001° |
| Longitude | -10.6295° |
| Altitude | 731.163 km |
| Speed | 7.488 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 13h 02m 36s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 58.64614° |
| Longitude | -5.18504° |
| Altitude | 731.336 km |
| Speed | 7.497 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 18h 26m 30s |
| Apparent Declination | 24° 53' 58" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 09:34:59 |
| Azimuth | 42.754° NE |
| Elevation | -11.726° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 728.437 km |
| Perigee altitude | 715.488 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,100.1 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0009119 |
| Inclination | 86.3819° |
| RAAN | 195.6518° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 118.4391° |
| True anomaly | 241.68138° |
| Mean anomaly | 241.7734° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 241.72738° |
| Mean motion | 3.62783 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.0022255 |
| Orbital period | 99.23 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #51 in the year 1997 (1997-09-14 UTC)
IRIDIUM 33 DEB 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. |
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| 9 mins | 2024-12-26 13:22:50.355Z | 162.447° S | 2024-12-26 13:27:50.355Z | 68.414° E | 37.365° | 2024-12-26 13:31:50.355Z | 13.905° NNE |
| 4 mins | 2024-12-26 15:05:50.355Z | 263.712° W | 2024-12-26 15:06:50.355Z | 277.371° WNW | 14.988° | 2024-12-26 15:09:50.355Z | 317.166° NNW |
| 9 mins | 2024-12-27 01:25:50.355Z | 354.343° N | 2024-12-27 01:30:50.355Z | 222.731° SW | 43.6° | 2024-12-27 01:34:50.355Z | 184.485° SSW |
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