Iridium Next SV115 - Norad ID: 42806
| Spacetrack Directory Name | IRIDIUM 115 |
| Alternative name | Iridium Next SV115 |
| Group | IRIDIUM |
| Follow IRIDIUM 115 | IRIDIUM 115 Tracker |
| Group follow IRIDIUM | Tracker IRIDIUM |
| Pass predictions IRIDIUM 115 | Pass predictions IRIDIUM 115 |
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| Days in orbit | 3394 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | AFWTR (Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA) |
| Type | Satellite |
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| Perigee | 745 km |
| Apogee | 750 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 86.44° |
| Laps per day | 14 |
| Orbit | LEO (Polar) |
| Height IRIDIUM 115 | 759.88 km |
IRIDIUM 115, also known as Iridium Next SV115, is a communication and traffic monitoring satellite launched on June 25, 2017, from Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFWTR) using Falcon 9 as the launch vehicle. It was manufactured by OATKGA and has a design lifetime of 10 years with plans for an extended operation up to 15 years. The satellite measures 3.1 meters in length, 1.5 meters in diameter, and spans 9.4 meters when its solar arrays are deployed. Its dry mass is 700 kilograms while the launch mass was 860 kilograms. Equipped with an L-band payload, Ka-band cross-links, downlinks, ADS-B payload, and AIS-receiver, IRIDIUM 115 operates within a configuration known as ELiTeBus-1000. The satellites power is provided by two deployable solar arrays along with batteries. It is owned by IRIDS and falls under the BUS category of EliteBus.
satellite IRIDIUM 115 Date of exalting 25.06.2017y. Average height of ISS IRIDIUM 115 hundred 759.88 km. Average velocity IRIDIUM 115 is 26913.35 km/h. Inclination IRIDIUM 115 satellite 86.45°.