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 Aug 31 17:56 | 2025 Aug 30 23:51:22 | 86.3985 | 0.00017 | 13.8633 | 102.9656 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 30 17:56 | 2025 Aug 30 03:47:36 | 86.3983 | 0.00017 | 13.8867 | 101.9839 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 29 17:56 | 2025 Aug 29 04:23:12 | 86.3982 | 0.00016 | 13.9139 | 101.1134 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 28 17:57 | 2025 Aug 27 20:37:14 | 86.3980 | 0.00016 | 13.9509 | 99.8213 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 27 17:56 | 2025 Aug 27 03:54:05 | 86.3979 | 0.00016 | 13.9704 | 98.8879 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 26 17:56 | 2025 Aug 25 20:08:07 | 86.3976 | 0.00015 | 14.0074 | 97.2975 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 25 17:56 | 2025 Aug 24 22:24:02 | 86.3975 | 0.00015 | 14.0327 | 96.2959 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 24 17:56 | 2025 Aug 23 22:59:38 | 86.3974 | 0.00015 | 14.0599 | 94.7396 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 23 17:56 | 2025 Aug 22 10:12:43 | 86.3971 | 0.00015 | 14.1028 | 92.4001 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 22 17:56 | 2025 Aug 20 21:25:47 | 86.3969 | 0.00015 | 14.1456 | 90.1899 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 20 17:56 | 2025 Aug 20 04:42:39 | 86.3968 | 0.00015 | 14.1651 | 88.9793 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 19 17:56 | 2025 Aug 19 00:17:18 | 86.3966 | 0.00015 | 14.1982 | 87.0759 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 18 17:56 | 2025 Aug 17 21:32:15 | 86.3964 | 0.00015 | 14.2293 | 85.5243 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 16 17:56 | 2025 Aug 16 08:45:20 | 86.3961 | 0.00015 | 14.2722 | 83.0011 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 15 17:57 | 2025 Aug 14 11:36:50 | 86.3958 | 0.00015 | 14.3248 | 80.3734 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 14 17:56 | 2025 Aug 13 22:14:19 | 86.3958 | 0.00015 | 14.3403 | 79.8031 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 13 17:58 | 2025 Aug 12 16:08:38 | 86.3956 | 0.00016 | 14.3754 | 78.1545 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 12 17:56 | 2025 Aug 11 23:25:29 | 86.3956 | 0.00016 | 14.3949 | 77.2774 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 11 17:56 | 2025 Aug 11 06:42:20 | 86.3956 | 0.00016 | 14.4144 | 76.4669 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 10 17:57 | 2025 Aug 10 12:18:52 | 86.3955 | 0.00016 | 14.4358 | 75.5525 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 09 17:56 | 2025 Aug 09 11:14:09 | 86.3954 | 0.00017 | 14.4650 | 74.4083 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 08 17:56 | 2025 Aug 07 22:27:13 | 86.3953 | 0.00017 | 14.5079 | 73.1832 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 07 17:56 | 2025 Aug 06 18:01:51 | 86.3952 | 0.00018 | 14.5410 | 72.1513 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 05 17:56 | 2025 Aug 05 01:54:17 | 86.3951 | 0.00018 | 14.5877 | 71.1297 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Aug 04 17:56 | 2025 Aug 03 18:08:17 | 86.3950 | 0.00019 | 14.6248 | 70.4932 | 257.1729 | 14.36403 | 6.743 |