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IRIDIUM 109, 41919

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 109, 41919 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 14 Jan 2017 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

41919, 2017-003C

Orbit

LEO

Country

Related business

Iridium Communications Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

OATK SSG Gilbert

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

ELITEBUS, Unknown motor

Mass

860 kg wet, 700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-01-14 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Trap Box + 2 Pan, 4.8 m

Radar Cross Section

10.154 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 109
1 41919U 17003C   26053.66877652 -.00000033  00000-0 -18850-4 0  9992
2 41919  86.4012 136.3930 0002081  95.8978 264.2455 14.34217287476788

Epoch: 2026-02-22T16:03Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-22T16:03:02.291Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

103.05975°

Altitude

780.869 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 05m 34s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

03:18:55

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.122 km

Perigee altitude

773.145 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.77 km

Eccentricity

0.00021

Inclination

86.4012°

RAAN

136.393°

Arg. of periapsis

95.8978°

True anomaly

264.22177°

Mean anomaly

264.2455°

Eccentric anomaly

264.23364°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-0.00001885

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IRIDIUM 109 Visibility forecast

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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	2026-02-23 05:33:46.073Z	158.172° S	2026-02-23 05:37:46.073Z	93.266° ESE	37.205°	2026-02-23 05:42:46.073Z	14.092° NNE
5 mins	2026-02-23 07:16:46.073Z	254.865° W	2026-02-23 07:18:46.073Z	281.782° WNW	17.109°	2026-02-23 07:21:46.073Z	320.636° NNW
8 mins	2026-02-23 17:45:46.073Z	349.329° N	2026-02-23 17:48:46.073Z	296.426° NW	42.938°	2026-02-23 17:53:46.073Z	188.049° SSW

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IRIDIUM 109, 41919

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-22T16:03:02.291Z)

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Other satellites on launch #3 in the year 2017 (2017-01-14 UTC)

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