Orbital elements of IRIDIUM 42
| Launched | 7 December 1997 |
| Flight ended | – |
| Launch site | Taiyuan Space Center, PRC |
| Owner | United States |
| NORAD ID | 25077 |
| Date fetched |
Epoch osculation |
Inc. [°] |
Ecc. | RA asc node [hr] |
Arg Peri. [°] |
Mean anom [°] |
Mean motion [rev/day] |
Abs. mag |
| Date fetched |
Epoch osculation |
Inc. [°] |
Ecc. | RA asc node [hr] |
Arg Peri. [°] |
Mean anom [°] |
Mean motion [rev/day] |
Abs. mag |
| 2025 Oct 19 17:56 | 2025 Oct 19 05:51:44 | 86.4030 | 0.00030 | 12.4884 | 80.8198 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 18 17:56 | 2025 Oct 18 06:27:25 | 86.4031 | 0.00030 | 12.5156 | 81.6421 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 17 17:56 | 2025 Oct 17 03:42:27 | 86.4031 | 0.00030 | 12.5467 | 82.8675 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 16 17:56 | 2025 Oct 16 02:37:49 | 86.4032 | 0.00030 | 12.5759 | 83.6135 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 15 17:56 | 2025 Oct 14 10:30:23 | 86.4032 | 0.00030 | 12.6226 | 84.9943 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 14 17:56 | 2025 Oct 13 16:06:59 | 86.4033 | 0.00030 | 12.6439 | 85.6569 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 12 17:56 | 2025 Oct 12 06:40:47 | 86.4033 | 0.00030 | 12.6828 | 86.7981 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 11 17:57 | 2025 Oct 11 07:16:27 | 86.4033 | 0.00030 | 12.7100 | 87.6222 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 09 17:56 | 2025 Oct 09 05:07:09 | 86.4033 | 0.00030 | 12.7683 | 89.3036 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 08 17:56 | 2025 Oct 08 07:23:07 | 86.4033 | 0.00030 | 12.7936 | 89.9682 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 07 17:56 | 2025 Oct 07 06:18:28 | 86.4034 | 0.00029 | 12.8228 | 90.8932 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 05 17:56 | 2025 Oct 05 07:29:46 | 86.4031 | 0.00029 | 12.8772 | 92.3883 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 04 17:57 | 2025 Oct 03 12:01:42 | 86.4031 | 0.00029 | 12.9278 | 94.0243 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 03 17:57 | 2025 Oct 03 07:00:46 | 86.4032 | 0.00029 | 12.9336 | 94.3504 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Oct 02 17:56 | 2025 Oct 01 19:54:14 | 86.4031 | 0.00028 | 12.9744 | 95.4305 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Sep 30 17:56 | 2025 Sep 30 05:27:05 | 86.4031 | 0.00028 | 13.0191 | 97.1556 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Sep 29 17:56 | 2025 Sep 28 18:20:33 | 86.4030 | 0.00027 | 13.0600 | 98.2216 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Sep 28 17:56 | 2025 Sep 28 06:38:22 | 86.4030 | 0.00027 | 13.0736 | 98.5550 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Sep 27 17:56 | 2025 Sep 27 05:33:41 | 86.4029 | 0.00027 | 13.1027 | 99.2989 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Sep 26 17:56 | 2025 Sep 26 06:09:20 | 86.4028 | 0.00027 | 13.1299 | 99.8816 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Sep 25 17:56 | 2025 Sep 24 20:43:05 | 86.4026 | 0.00026 | 13.1688 | 100.6321 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Sep 24 17:56 | 2025 Sep 24 07:20:36 | 86.4025 | 0.00026 | 13.1844 | 101.0667 | 279.3332 | 14.36470 | 6.743 |