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: 2026-09-19T23:03:19.101600Z
- Period
- 100.40 min
- Inclination
- 86.3910°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001897
- Mean motion
- 14.34217471 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 776.3 km
- Apogee alt
- 779.0 km
- Semi-major
- 7,155.8 km
- B*
- -6.9199e-6
- RAAN
- 282.3765°
- Arg perigee
- 90.1279°
- Mean anomaly
- 270.0134°
- Rev number
- 45,775
§ Raw data
IRIDIUM 1161 43072U 17083C 26262.96063775 .00000000 00000+0 -69199-5 0 99952 43072 86.3910 282.3765 0001897 90.1279 270.0134 14.34217471457750
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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