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IRIDIUM 136, 42962

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 136, 42962 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 09 Oct 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

42962, 2017-061H

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 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)

2017-10-09 (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 16 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 136
1 42962U 17061H   25191.66688342  .00000007  00000-0 -47118-5 0  9993
2 42962  86.4008 167.9915 0002331  81.2731 278.8729 14.34217600405886

Epoch: 2025-07-10T16:00Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-10T16:00:18.727Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-0.91641°

Altitude

780.462 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 11m 57s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

33.3958°

Longitude

176.44559°

Altitude

781.5 km

Speed

7.467 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 37m 33s

Apparent Declination

-2° 01' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:02:48

Azimuth

85.957° E

Elevation

-7.955°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.299 km

Perigee altitude

772.965 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00023

Inclination

86.4008°

RAAN

167.9915°

Arg. of periapsis

81.2731°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

278.8729°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

-0.0000047118

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IRIDIUM 136 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	2025-07-11 09:20:22.491Z	38.059° NE	2025-07-11 09:23:22.491Z	74.994° E	16.182°	2025-07-11 09:26:22.491Z	112.249° ESE
8 mins	2025-07-11 11:01:22.491Z	339.497° N	2025-07-11 11:04:22.491Z	275.964° WNW	38.565°	2025-07-11 11:09:22.491Z	196.983° SSW
8 mins	2025-07-11 22:16:22.491Z	142.379° SSE	2025-07-11 22:20:22.491Z	73.239° E	29.454°	2025-07-11 22:24:22.491Z	21.688° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-11 23:58:22.491Z	244.525° WSW	2025-07-12 00:00:22.491Z	275.922° WNW	22.708°	2025-07-12 00:04:22.491Z	332.267° NNW

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