Satellite · NORAD 42959 · COSPAR 2017-061E
IRIDIUM 119
- Operator Iridium Communications
- Constellation Iridium NEXT
- Country United States
Altitude now
794.6km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.45km/s
Inclination
86.40°
Period
100.4 min
100.4 min
Perigee
776km
Apogee
779km
orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:40 UTC (9.4 h old)· Metadata updated 9 h ago
Live position
Ground track & current position
Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.
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- Latitude
- 41.300° S
- Longitude
- 165.001° W
- Altitude
- 794.6 km
- Velocity
- 7.455 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:40 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Communications
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Operational [+]
- Radar cross-section
- —
- Constellation membership derived
- Iridium NEXT via name_pattern
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- Iridium Communications
- SATCAT owner code
- US · United States
- Country
- United States US
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 09 Oct 2017
- COSPAR launch id
- 2017-061
Objects from the same launch · 9
- IRIDIUM 13342955PayloadActive
- IRIDIUM 10042956PayloadActive
- IRIDIUM 12242957PayloadActive
- IRIDIUM 12942958PayloadActive
- IRIDIUM 10742960PayloadActive
- IRIDIUM 13242961PayloadActive
- IRIDIUM 13642962PayloadActive
- IRIDIUM 13942963PayloadActive
- IRIDIUM 12542964PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner Code | ∅ → US | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 5 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 9 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 11 Sept 2026 22:59 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Timeline
Events
No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.
Reference
Identifiers
- NORAD catalogue number
- 42959
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2017-061E
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWY7BJXFXBAARKWTH2H
- Canonical slug
- iridium-119-42959
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.