▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	LEO
Inclination	86.3984°
Eccentricity	0.0002121
Period	100.4 min
Apogee	779 km
Perigee	776 km
Mean motion	14.34217791 rev/day
RAAN	313.9514°
Arg of perigee	93.3240°
Mean anomaly	266.8199°
B*	-3.2544e-6
Rev at epoch	44,692

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 43079U 17083K 26187.86434167 .00000011 00000-0 -32544-5 0 9991

2 43079 86.3984 313.9514 0002121 93.3240 266.8199 14.34217791446921

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "IRIDIUM 131",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2017-083K",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T20:44:39.12+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.34217791,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002121,
  "INCLINATION": 86.3984,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 313.9514,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 93.324,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 266.8199,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 43079,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 44692,
  "BSTAR": -0.0000032544,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 1.1e-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 131
Operator	Iridium Satellite LLCHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	United States
Launch date	Dec 23, 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/43079

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