▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	LEO
Inclination	86.3962°
Eccentricity	0.0002342
Period	100.4 min
Apogee	779 km
Perigee	776 km
Mean motion	14.34217939 rev/day
RAAN	282.0393°
Arg of perigee	97.8658°
Mean anomaly	262.2804°
B*	1.8053e-5
Rev at epoch	43,300

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 43249U 18030A 26188.18439125 .00000070 00000-0 18053-4 0 9990

2 43249 86.3962 282.0393 0002342 97.8658 262.2804 14.34217939433006

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "IRIDIUM 144",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2018-030A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:25:31.404+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.34217939,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002342,
  "INCLINATION": 86.3962,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 282.0393,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 97.8658,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 262.2804,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 43249,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 43300,
  "BSTAR": 0.000018053,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 7e-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 144
Operator	Iridium Satellite LLCHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	United States
Launch date	Mar 30, 2018HIGHvia 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/43249

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