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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

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

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, 9.4 m

Radar Cross Section

14.423 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 109
1 41919U 17003C   25196.52581334  .00000009  00000-0 -37505-5 0  9994
2 41919  86.3955 229.1147 0002463  90.0684 270.0794 14.34217642444960

Epoch: 2025-07-15T12:37Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T12:37:10.272Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

106.20283°

Altitude

780.716 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 16m 27s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-56.71001°

Longitude

100.58575°

Altitude

801.187 km

Speed

7.451 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 33m 48s

Apparent Declination

-59° 22' 43"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:18:59

Azimuth

140.957° SSE

Elevation

-57.748°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.394 km

Perigee altitude

772.87 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

86.3955°

RAAN

229.1147°

Arg. of periapsis

90.0684°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

270.0794°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-0.0000037505

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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	2025-07-16 02:07:39.421Z	150.029° SSE	2025-07-16 02:11:39.421Z	97.006° ESE	30.852°	2025-07-16 02:16:39.421Z	20.11° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-16 03:50:39.421Z	247.016° WSW	2025-07-16 03:52:39.421Z	277.658° WNW	21.601°	2025-07-16 03:56:39.421Z	331.873° NNW
8 mins	2025-07-16 14:19:39.421Z	358.58° N	2025-07-16 14:23:39.421Z	170.564° S	43.975°	2025-07-16 14:27:39.421Z	178.036° S

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