▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	LEO
Inclination	86.3963°
Eccentricity	0.0002232
Period	100.4 min
Apogee	779 km
Perigee	776 km
Mean motion	14.34219162 rev/day
RAAN	282.1994°
Arg of perigee	95.8847°
Mean anomaly	264.2604°
B*	4.3425e-5
Rev at epoch	43,301

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 43252U 18030D 26187.87994431 .00000141 00000-0 43425-4 0 9995

2 43252 86.3963 282.1994 0002232 95.8847 264.2604 14.34219162433016

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "IRIDIUM 140",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2018-030D",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-06T21:07:07.188+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.34219162,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002232,
  "INCLINATION": 86.3963,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 282.1994,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 95.8847,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 264.2604,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 43252,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 43301,
  "BSTAR": 0.000043425,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000141,
  "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 140
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/43252

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