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IRIDIUM 120, 42805

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 120, 42805 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 25 Jun 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

42805, 2017-039C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 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)

2017-06-25 (8 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 12 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 120
1 42805U 17039C   25195.48461761  .00000155  00000-0  48410-4 0  9990
2 42805  86.3958 103.1798 0001861  85.1254 275.0154 14.34218987422773

Epoch: 2025-07-14T11:37Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-14T11:37:50.961Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-3.87536°

Altitude

780.598 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 52m 43s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

3.49181°

Longitude

-3.86077°

Altitude

780.095 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 17m 43s

Apparent Declination

-25° 40' 21"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:53:54

Azimuth

263.305° W

Elevation

-34.033°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

775.959 km

Perigee altitude

773.296 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.765 km

Eccentricity

0.00019

Inclination

86.3958°

RAAN

103.1798°

Arg. of periapsis

85.1254°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

275.0154°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.00004841

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Other satellites on launch #39 in the year 2017 (2017-06-25 UTC)

IRIDIUM 120 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.
6 mins	2025-07-15 04:58:05.136Z	35.726° NE	2025-07-15 05:01:05.136Z	77.255° E	20.307°	2025-07-15 05:04:05.136Z	119.029° SE
7 mins	2025-07-15 06:39:05.136Z	330.47° NNW	2025-07-15 06:42:05.136Z	270.429° WNW	32.943°	2025-07-15 06:46:05.136Z	208.959° SW
8 mins	2025-07-15 17:54:05.136Z	150.537° SSE	2025-07-15 17:57:05.136Z	97.732° ESE	35.248°	2025-07-15 18:02:05.136Z	16.153° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-15 19:36:05.136Z	251.736° W	2025-07-15 19:38:05.136Z	279.36° WNW	18.333°	2025-07-15 19:41:05.136Z	320.256° NNW

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