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IRIDIUM 130

NORAD 43073 · 2017-083D

PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN

§ Identity

Operator
Country
US
Launch date
2017-12-23
Launch site
AFWTR
Launch vehicle
Mass (kg)
RCS (m²)

Purposes: comms

External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter

§ Orbital elements

Epoch: 2026-05-25T00:28:59.008224Z

Period
100.40 min
Inclination
86.3965°
Eccentricity
0.0002122
Mean motion
14.34217980 rev/d
Perigee alt
776.1 km
Apogee alt
779.2 km
Semi-major
7,155.8 km
B*
8.4134e-6
RAAN
331.9644°
Arg perigee
82.8671°
Mean anomaly
277.2766°
Rev number
44,079

§ Raw data

IRIDIUM 1301 43073U 17083D   26145.02012741  .00000043  00000+0  84134-5 0  99922 43073  86.3965 331.9644 0002122  82.8671 277.2766 14.34217980440795

JSON: /api/v1/satellites/43073 · /tle

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ModeDescriptionDownlinkUplink
FM Iridium 130 1.623 GHz

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