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IRIDIUM 116, 43072

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 116, 43072 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 23 Dec 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

43072, 2017-083C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

17 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)

2017-12-23 (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 17 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 116
1 43072U 17083C   25186.32591581  .00000024  00000-0  14309-5 0  9999
2 43072  86.3969 107.0300 0001955  81.2251 278.9166 14.34217737394452

Epoch: 2025-07-05T07:49Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T07:49:19.126Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

66.13474°

Altitude

780.502 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 08m 07s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

76.99178°

Longitude

81.56786°

Altitude

789.41 km

Speed

7.466 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 09m 17s

Apparent Declination

32° 02' 10"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:52:09

Azimuth

343.078° N

Elevation

-15.862°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.03 km

Perigee altitude

773.233 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

86.3969°

RAAN

107.03°

Arg. of periapsis

81.2251°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

278.9166°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.0000014309

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IRIDIUM 116 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	2025-07-06 06:09:33.418Z	16.132° NNE	2025-07-06 06:14:33.418Z	90.299° ESE	29.524°	2025-07-06 06:18:33.418Z	144.98° SSE
6 mins	2025-07-06 07:52:33.418Z	312.576° NW	2025-07-06 07:54:33.418Z	280.544° WNW	22.844°	2025-07-06 07:58:33.418Z	226.365° WSW
8 mins	2025-07-06 19:06:33.418Z	173.414° S	2025-07-06 19:10:33.418Z	53.606° ENE	43.736°	2025-07-06 19:14:33.418Z	6.567° NNE

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