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: 2026-09-27T01:05:15.105408Z
- Period
- 100.40 min
- Inclination
- 86.3913°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001949
- Mean motion
- 14.34217777 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 776.3 km
- Apogee alt
- 779.1 km
- Semi-major
- 7,155.8 km
- B*
- 3.8594e-6
- RAAN
- 279.6958°
- Arg perigee
- 87.8480°
- Mean anomaly
- 272.2939°
- Rev number
- 45,871
§ Raw data
IRIDIUM 1301 43073U 17083D 26270.04531372 .00000031 00000+0 38594-5 0 99952 43073 86.3913 279.6958 0001949 87.8480 272.2939 14.34217777458715
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/43073 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| FM | Iridium 130 | 1.623 GHz | — |
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