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 Dec 07 18:56 | 2025 Dec 07 06:48:09 | 86.3979 | 0.00012 | 11.1188 | 87.9300 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 06 18:56 | 2025 Dec 06 05:43:34 | 86.3979 | 0.00012 | 11.1480 | 85.7994 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 05 18:57 | 2025 Dec 05 06:19:17 | 86.3979 | 0.00012 | 11.1753 | 83.7696 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 04 18:57 | 2025 Dec 04 01:54:05 | 86.3980 | 0.00013 | 11.2084 | 81.0844 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 03 18:56 | 2025 Dec 03 12:31:38 | 86.3980 | 0.00013 | 11.2239 | 80.2046 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 02 18:56 | 2025 Dec 02 11:27:03 | 86.3980 | 0.00013 | 11.2531 | 78.3882 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 30 18:57 | 2025 Nov 30 14:18:47 | 86.3981 | 0.00013 | 11.3057 | 74.9957 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 29 18:56 | 2025 Nov 29 01:32:03 | 86.3981 | 0.00014 | 11.3485 | 72.9656 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 28 18:57 | 2025 Nov 28 02:07:46 | 86.3982 | 0.00014 | 11.3757 | 71.2596 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 27 18:57 | 2025 Nov 27 01:03:10 | 86.3983 | 0.00015 | 11.4049 | 69.5138 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 26 18:57 | 2025 Nov 26 11:40:43 | 86.3984 | 0.00015 | 11.4205 | 68.6527 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 25 18:57 | 2025 Nov 25 02:14:35 | 86.3984 | 0.00016 | 11.4594 | 67.9276 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 24 18:56 | 2025 Nov 24 02:50:18 | 86.3984 | 0.00016 | 11.4867 | 66.8481 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 23 18:57 | 2025 Nov 23 01:45:42 | 86.3985 | 0.00016 | 11.5159 | 66.0159 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 21 18:57 | 2025 Nov 21 01:16:48 | 86.3988 | 0.00018 | 11.5723 | 65.3536 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 20 18:56 | 2025 Nov 20 01:52:31 | 86.3990 | 0.00018 | 11.5996 | 64.3100 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 18 18:57 | 2025 Nov 18 03:03:55 | 86.3992 | 0.00019 | 11.6541 | 63.9726 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 16 18:58 | 2025 Nov 15 08:11:38 | 86.3995 | 0.00020 | 11.7319 | 64.2550 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 15 18:57 | 2025 Nov 15 08:11:38 | 86.3995 | 0.00020 | 11.7319 | 64.2550 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 13 18:56 | 2025 Nov 13 14:23:57 | 86.3997 | 0.00021 | 11.7805 | 64.2626 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 12 18:57 | 2025 Nov 12 03:17:30 | 86.4000 | 0.00022 | 11.8214 | 65.1053 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 11 18:55 | 2025 Nov 11 03:53:12 | 86.4002 | 0.00023 | 11.8486 | 65.5299 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 10 18:57 | 2025 Nov 08 14:01:49 | 86.4005 | 0.00024 | 11.9206 | 66.6051 | 272.2037 | 14.36524 | 6.743 |