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IRIDIUM 108, 41924

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 108, 41924 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

41924, 2017-003H

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: 9 hours ago

TLE from 9 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 108
1 41924U 17003H   26035.68410283  .00000143  00000-0  43954-4 0  9996
2 41924  86.3966 112.1885 0002086 100.1637 259.9794 14.34217029476117

Epoch: 2026-02-04T16:25Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-04T16:25:06.484Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

91.06433°

Altitude

780.981 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 28m 45s

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

03:01:45

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.126 km

Perigee altitude

773.142 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.771 km

Eccentricity

0.00021

Inclination

86.3966°

RAAN

112.1885°

Arg. of periapsis

100.1637°

True anomaly

259.95586°

Mean anomaly

259.9794°

Eccentric anomaly

259.96763°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000043954

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IRIDIUM 108 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.
5 mins	2026-02-05 04:17:25.647Z	108.958° ESE	2026-02-05 04:19:25.647Z	84.656° E	15.046°	2026-02-05 04:22:25.647Z	47.211° ENE
8 mins	2026-02-05 05:56:25.647Z	201.772° SSW	2026-02-05 06:00:25.647Z	293.855° NW	39.226°	2026-02-05 06:04:25.647Z	351.608° N
7 mins	2026-02-05 16:27:25.647Z	26.922° NE	2026-02-05 16:30:25.647Z	80.534° E	30.278°	2026-02-05 16:34:25.647Z	143.395° SSE
6 mins	2026-02-05 18:08:25.647Z	316.708° NNW	2026-02-05 18:11:25.647Z	269.455° W	22.141°	2026-02-05 18:14:25.647Z	230.045° WSW

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IRIDIUM 108, 41924

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-04T16:25:06.484Z)

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

IRIDIUM 108 Visibility forecast

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