IRIDIUM 113

NORAD 42803· COSPAR 2017-039A· OneWeb / Iridium· LEO

Launch

Launched on Jun 25, 2017 from Space Launch Complex 4E, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Full Thrust.

Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Iridium-2 →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:03 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Iridium Communications

Country

United States

Manufacturer

Thales Alenia Space

Launched

Jun 25, 2017

Mass

—

Apogee

783 km

Perigee

780 km

Inclination

86.39°

Period

1.67 h

Part of the Iridium NEXT constellation · this satellite is one of 192

Second-generation Iridium constellation; 66 active sats provide global comms.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for IRIDIUM 113 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

780 × 783 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

9 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2017-039 (Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Iridium-2).

IRIDIUM 123 · 42804
IRIDIUM 120 · 42805
IRIDIUM 115 · 42806
IRIDIUM 118 · 42807
IRIDIUM 117 · 42808
IRIDIUM 126 · 42809
IRIDIUM 124 · 42810
IRIDIUM 128 · 42811
IRIDIUM 121 · 42812

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