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IRIDIUM 170

Satellite · United StatesActive

NORAD Number
43930
COSPAR ID
2019-002J
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
Perigee652 km
Apogee656 km
Inclination86.6°
Period97.8 min
Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 08:15:37
Mean motion14.72256205 rev/day
Eccentricity0.0002432
Inclination86.6048°
Right ascension of node292.8433°
Argument of perigee89.1019°
Mean anomaly271.0476°
B* drag term8.8125e-5
Element set999
Revolutions at epoch42,061

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).