▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	LEO
Inclination	86.3976°
Eccentricity	0.0002263
Period	100.4 min
Apogee	779 km
Perigee	776 km
Mean motion	14.34217593 rev/day
RAAN	313.7442°
Arg of perigee	99.0771°
Mean anomaly	261.0681°
B*	1.1007e-5
Rev at epoch	47,399

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 6, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 42805U 17039C 26187.83897044 .00000051 00000-0 11007-4 0 9995

2 42805 86.3976 313.7442 0002263 99.0771 261.0681 14.34217593473995

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "IRIDIUM 120",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2017-039C",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T20:08:07.046+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.34217593,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002263,
  "INCLINATION": 86.3976,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 313.7442,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 99.0771,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 261.0681,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 42805,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 47399,
  "BSTAR": 0.000011007,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 5.1e-7,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	IRIDIUM 120
Operator	Iridium Satellite LLCHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	United States
Launch date	Jun 25, 2017HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	860HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/42805

//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.