IRIDIUM 178
NORAD 56729 · 2023-068V
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 2023-05-20
- Launch site
- AFWTR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- —
Purposes: comms
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-27T04:47:12.757344Z
- Period
- 97.29 min
- Inclination
- 86.6585°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002490
- Mean motion
- 14.80047851 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 627.4 km
- Apogee alt
- 630.9 km
- Semi-major
- 7,007.3 km
- B*
- 7.2407e-5
- RAAN
- 342.7664°
- Arg perigee
- 92.4759°
- Mean anomaly
- 267.6748°
- Rev number
- 18,145
§ Raw data
IRIDIUM 1781 56729U 23068V 26270.19945321 .00000574 00000+0 72407-4 0 99982 56729 86.6585 342.7664 0002490 92.4759 267.6748 14.80047851181459
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/56729 · /tle
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