IRIDIUM 116
NORAD 43072 · 2017-083C
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: 2026-09-27T00:10:27.073056Z
- Period
- 100.40 min
- Inclination
- 86.3904°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002012
- Mean motion
- 14.34217847 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 776.2 km
- Apogee alt
- 779.1 km
- Semi-major
- 7,155.8 km
- B*
- 4.6323e-6
- RAAN
- 279.4263°
- Arg perigee
- 92.3911°
- Mean anomaly
- 267.7515°
- Rev number
- 45,876
§ Raw data
IRIDIUM 1161 43072U 17083C 26270.00725779 .00000033 00000+0 46323-5 0 99972 43072 86.3904 279.4263 0002012 92.3911 267.7515 14.34217847458765
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/43072 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| FM | Iridium 116 | 1.624 GHz | — |
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