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IRIDIUM 175

Satellite · United StatesActive

NORAD Number
43928
COSPAR ID
2019-002G
Launched
2019-01-11
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
Perigee743 km
Apogee750 km
Inclination86.45°
Period99.8 min
Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 06:42:51
Mean motion14.43665245 rev/day
Eccentricity0.0005306
Inclination86.4544°
Right ascension of node229.8495°
Argument of perigee95.1295°
Mean anomaly265.0512°
B* drag term9.9362e-5
Element set999
Revolutions at epoch41,991

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).