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IRIDIUM 176, 43923

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 176, 43923 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 11 Jan 2019 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

43923, 2019-002B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Iridium Communications Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

NGIS SSG Gilbert

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

ELITEBUS, Unknown motor

Mass

860 kg wet, 700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-01-11 (6 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 176
1 43923U 19002B   25191.34939826  .00000647  00000-0  98711-4 0  9992
2 43923  86.6122 136.5005 0002764  73.2806 286.8714 14.72246038348955

Epoch: 2025-07-10T08:23Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-10T08:23:08.009Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

82.20017°

Altitude

656.451 km

Speed

7.529 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 06m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-33.4291°

Longitude

-95.84475°

Altitude

668.168 km

Speed

7.521 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 37m 02s

Apparent Declination

-38° 36' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:18:05

Azimuth

94.324° ESE

Elevation

-70.463°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

652.756 km

Perigee altitude

648.871 km

Semi-major axis

7,028.951 km

Eccentricity

0.00028

Inclination

86.6122°

RAAN

136.5005°

Arg. of periapsis

73.2806°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

286.8714°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.68305 °/min

Orbital period

97.75 mins

BSTAR

0.000098711

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Other satellites on launch #2 in the year 2019 (2019-01-11 UTC)

IRIDIUM 176 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.
7 mins	2025-07-11 07:47:55.362Z	25.74° NE	2025-07-11 07:50:55.362Z	75.04° E	25.916°	2025-07-11 07:54:55.362Z	140.809° SSE
5 mins	2025-07-11 09:26:55.362Z	315.297° NNW	2025-07-11 09:28:55.362Z	281.118° WNW	21.42°	2025-07-11 09:31:55.362Z	232.076° WSW
6 mins	2025-07-11 20:24:55.362Z	144.303° SSE	2025-07-11 20:26:55.362Z	98.306° ESE	34.132°	2025-07-11 20:30:55.362Z	18.691° NNE
4 mins	2025-07-11 22:03:55.362Z	258.761° W	2025-07-11 22:05:55.362Z	289.167° WNW	15.26°	2025-07-11 22:07:55.362Z	316.935° NNW

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