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IRIDIUM 165

Satellite · United StatesActive

NORAD Number
43572
COSPAR ID
2018-061D
Launched
2018-07-25
site code AFWTR
Orbit
LEO
Constellation

Who

Owner / operatorIridium Satellite LLC
ManufacturerNorthrop Grumman Civil Sats. and Nat. Security Systems
CountryUnited States
Catalogue owner codeUS

Orbit

OrbitingEarth
Orbit classLEO
Perigee775 km
Apogee779 km
Inclination86.4°
Period100.4 min
Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 09:46:22
Mean motion14.34217908 rev/day
Eccentricity0.0002223
Inclination86.3991°
Right ascension of node356.107°
Argument of perigee95.2533°
Mean anomaly264.8916°
B* drag term1.0101e-5
Element set999
Revolutions at epoch43,420

Mean elements (OMM) for the SGP4 model, refreshed every 6 hours. They describe the orbit at the epoch shown and drift as time passes, fastest for low orbits.

Source: CelesTrak satellite catalogue and GP data (celestrak.org); owner and manufacturer from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).