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IRIDIUM 175 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 43928)
Track IRIDIUM 175 (NORAD catalog number 43928) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It is object G of 2019's 2nd orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2019-002G). It went up together with 9 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 41,078 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.48 km/s, IRIDIUM 175 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 752 × 755 km, completing one revolution every 99.7 minutes — about 14.4 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0002). Inclined 86.4° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 256.3°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.42° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~752 km × 755 km |
| Inclination | 86.45° |
| Orbital period | 99.7 min (14.44 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00022 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-06 |
| COSPAR designation | 2019-002G |
| NORAD catalog number | 43928 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
About the Other Active Satellites group
IRIDIUM 175 is one of 80 Iridium NEXT satellites in the WatchSat catalog. The constellation flies near-polar orbits around 780 km, inclined about 86°, providing global voice and data coverage. Browse all other active satellites live in 3D.
Can you see IRIDIUM 175 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, IRIDIUM 175 is visible only around dawn and dusk, when your sky is dark but the satellite is still sunlit — and whether you can spot it depends on its size and reflectivity. See pass predictions for your location for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of IRIDIUM 175 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- IRIDIUM 172 (NORAD 43927)
- IRIDIUM 171 (NORAD 43929)
- IRIDIUM 169 (NORAD 43926)
- IRIDIUM 170 (NORAD 43930)
- IRIDIUM 173 (NORAD 43925)
- IRIDIUM 167 (NORAD 43931)
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