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IRIDIUM 171

Satellite · United StatesActive

NORAD Number
43929
COSPAR ID
2019-002H
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
Perigee776 km
Apogee779 km
Inclination86.39°
Period100.4 min
Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 06:42:58
Mean motion14.34217086 rev/day
Eccentricity0.000217
Inclination86.3935°
Right ascension of node293.2427°
Argument of perigee89.6799°
Mean anomaly270.4645°
B* drag term-8.4702e-6
Element set999
Revolutions at epoch40,975

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).