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IRIDIUM 168, 43924

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 168, 43924 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

43924, 2019-002C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

6 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 6 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 168
1 43924U 19002C   25189.10105225  .00000187  00000-0  59841-4 0  9992
2 43924  86.3999 137.5160 0002313  84.4764 275.6696 14.34218421339650

Epoch: 2025-07-08T02:25Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-08T02:25:30.914Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

174.83632°

Altitude

780.553 km

Speed

7.464 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 10m 03s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-82.20016°

Longitude

21.91331°

Altitude

807.759 km

Speed

7.448 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 16m 12s

Apparent Declination

-69° 46' 43"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:46:01

Azimuth

174.871° S

Elevation

-59.88°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.284 km

Perigee altitude

772.975 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.766 km

Eccentricity

0.00023

Inclination

86.3999°

RAAN

137.516°

Arg. of periapsis

84.4764°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

275.6696°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000059841

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IRIDIUM 168 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.
8 mins	2025-07-08 09:42:16.399Z	331.089° NNW	2025-07-08 09:46:16.399Z	276.929° WNW	24.267°	2025-07-08 09:50:16.399Z	223.027° SW
8 mins	2025-07-08 20:58:16.399Z	169.686° S	2025-07-08 21:01:16.399Z	129.32° SE	42.318°	2025-07-08 21:06:16.399Z	8.033° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-09 07:30:16.399Z	52.955° ENE	2025-07-09 07:32:16.399Z	81.209° E	17.076°	2025-07-09 07:35:16.399Z	117.435° SE

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