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 22 18:57 | 2025 Dec 22 04:33:23 | 86.3980 | 0.00017 | 10.7022 | 113.0939 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 21 18:57 | 2025 Dec 21 11:50:20 | 86.3981 | 0.00016 | 10.7217 | 112.3838 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 20 18:57 | 2025 Dec 20 12:26:05 | 86.3980 | 0.00016 | 10.7489 | 111.6564 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 19 18:57 | 2025 Dec 19 04:40:17 | 86.3979 | 0.00015 | 10.7859 | 110.4583 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 18 18:57 | 2025 Dec 18 05:16:02 | 86.3979 | 0.00015 | 10.8132 | 109.2183 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 17 18:58 | 2025 Dec 17 05:51:46 | 86.3978 | 0.00014 | 10.8404 | 107.7811 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 16 18:57 | 2025 Dec 15 22:05:58 | 86.3978 | 0.00014 | 10.8774 | 106.0336 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 15 18:58 | 2025 Dec 14 21:01:24 | 86.3977 | 0.00014 | 10.9066 | 104.2204 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 14 18:56 | 2025 Dec 13 23:17:26 | 86.3978 | 0.00013 | 10.9319 | 102.5068 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 13 18:56 | 2025 Dec 12 23:53:10 | 86.3978 | 0.00013 | 10.9592 | 100.8370 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 12 18:57 | 2025 Dec 12 05:29:49 | 86.3977 | 0.00013 | 10.9806 | 99.2771 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 11 18:56 | 2025 Dec 11 01:04:38 | 86.3977 | 0.00012 | 11.0137 | 96.4251 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 10 18:56 | 2025 Dec 10 11:42:11 | 86.3978 | 0.00012 | 11.0293 | 95.1795 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 09 18:56 | 2025 Dec 09 10:37:37 | 86.3979 | 0.00012 | 11.0585 | 92.7847 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 08 18:56 | 2025 Dec 08 06:12:25 | 86.3978 | 0.00012 | 11.0916 | 90.1588 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 07 18:56 | 2025 Dec 07 06:48:09 | 86.3979 | 0.00012 | 11.1188 | 87.9300 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 06 18:56 | 2025 Dec 06 05:43:34 | 86.3979 | 0.00012 | 11.1480 | 85.7994 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 05 18:57 | 2025 Dec 05 06:19:17 | 86.3979 | 0.00012 | 11.1753 | 83.7696 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 04 18:57 | 2025 Dec 04 01:54:05 | 86.3980 | 0.00013 | 11.2084 | 81.0844 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 03 18:56 | 2025 Dec 03 12:31:38 | 86.3980 | 0.00013 | 11.2239 | 80.2046 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Dec 02 18:56 | 2025 Dec 02 11:27:03 | 86.3980 | 0.00013 | 11.2531 | 78.3882 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 30 18:57 | 2025 Nov 30 14:18:47 | 86.3981 | 0.00013 | 11.3057 | 74.9957 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 29 18:56 | 2025 Nov 29 01:32:03 | 86.3981 | 0.00014 | 11.3485 | 72.9656 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 28 18:57 | 2025 Nov 28 02:07:46 | 86.3982 | 0.00014 | 11.3757 | 71.2596 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 27 18:57 | 2025 Nov 27 01:03:10 | 86.3983 | 0.00015 | 11.4049 | 69.5138 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 26 18:57 | 2025 Nov 26 11:40:43 | 86.3984 | 0.00015 | 11.4205 | 68.6527 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 25 18:57 | 2025 Nov 25 02:14:35 | 86.3984 | 0.00016 | 11.4594 | 67.9276 | 247.0434 | 14.36540 | 6.743 |