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IRIDIUM 140, 43252

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 140, 43252 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 30 Mar 2018 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

43252, 2018-030D

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

11 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)

2018-03-30 (7 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 11 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 140
1 43252U 18030D   25193.92091926  .00000168  00000-0  52849-4 0  9993
2 43252  86.3941  72.2735 0002066  82.0008 278.1422 14.34217800381566

Epoch: 2025-07-12T22:06Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-12T22:06:07.424Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

169.691°

Altitude

780.509 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 49m 05s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-66.11245°

Longitude

-2.36724°

Altitude

804.279 km

Speed

7.449 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 06m 00s

Apparent Declination

-66° 48' 25"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:43:09

Azimuth

204.699° SW

Elevation

-56.624°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.109 km

Perigee altitude

773.154 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.769 km

Eccentricity

0.00021

Inclination

86.3941°

RAAN

72.2735°

Arg. of periapsis

82.0008°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

278.1422°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000052849

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Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 2018 (2018-03-30 UTC)

IRIDIUM 140 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
8 mins	2025-07-13 16:38:35.234Z	189.884° SSW	2025-07-13 16:42:35.234Z	292.841° NW	43.717°	2025-07-13 16:46:35.234Z	357.197° N
7 mins	2025-07-14 03:09:35.234Z	30.532° NE	2025-07-14 03:12:35.234Z	75.808° E	24.924°	2025-07-14 03:16:35.234Z	133.879° SE
7 mins	2025-07-14 04:50:35.234Z	324.514° NNW	2025-07-14 04:53:35.234Z	272.847° WNW	27.447°	2025-07-14 04:57:35.234Z	217.305° SW

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