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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: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 108
1 41924U 17003H   26125.61572318  .00000059  00000-0  13973-4 0  9991
2 41924  86.3950  74.5579 0002160  83.5155 276.6286 14.34217853489002

Epoch: 2026-05-05T14:46Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-05T14:46:38.482Z)

Latitude

-0.00011°

Longitude

-10.59047°

Altitude

780.54 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 58m 13s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

09:11:40

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.176 km

Perigee altitude

773.086 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.768 km

Eccentricity

0.00022

Inclination

86.395°

RAAN

74.5579°

Arg. of periapsis

83.5155°

True anomaly

276.60401°

Mean anomaly

276.6286°

Eccentric anomaly

276.61631°

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000013973

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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.
9 mins	2026-05-06 08:05:28.736Z	14.391° NNE	2026-05-06 08:10:28.736Z	91.082° ESE	31.569°	2026-05-06 08:14:28.736Z	147.912° SSE
6 mins	2026-05-06 09:48:28.736Z	311.019° NW	2026-05-06 09:50:28.736Z	280.488° WNW	21.143°	2026-05-06 09:54:28.736Z	228.775° WSW
8 mins	2026-05-06 21:02:28.736Z	177.621° S	2026-05-06 21:06:28.736Z	32.443° NE	44.381°	2026-05-06 21:10:28.736Z	4.283° NNE

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IRIDIUM 108, 41924

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-05T14:46:38.482Z)

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

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