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 Nov 30 18:57 | 2025 Nov 30 14:18:47 | 86.3981 | 0.00013 | 11.3057 | 74.9957 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 29 18:56 | 2025 Nov 29 01:32:03 | 86.3981 | 0.00014 | 11.3485 | 72.9656 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 28 18:57 | 2025 Nov 28 02:07:46 | 86.3982 | 0.00014 | 11.3757 | 71.2596 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 27 18:57 | 2025 Nov 27 01:03:10 | 86.3983 | 0.00015 | 11.4049 | 69.5138 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 26 18:57 | 2025 Nov 26 11:40:43 | 86.3984 | 0.00015 | 11.4205 | 68.6527 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 25 18:57 | 2025 Nov 25 02:14:35 | 86.3984 | 0.00016 | 11.4594 | 67.9276 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 24 18:56 | 2025 Nov 24 02:50:18 | 86.3984 | 0.00016 | 11.4867 | 66.8481 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 23 18:57 | 2025 Nov 23 01:45:42 | 86.3985 | 0.00016 | 11.5159 | 66.0159 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 21 18:57 | 2025 Nov 21 01:16:48 | 86.3988 | 0.00018 | 11.5723 | 65.3536 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 20 18:56 | 2025 Nov 20 01:52:31 | 86.3990 | 0.00018 | 11.5996 | 64.3100 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 18 18:57 | 2025 Nov 18 03:03:55 | 86.3992 | 0.00019 | 11.6541 | 63.9726 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 16 18:58 | 2025 Nov 15 08:11:38 | 86.3995 | 0.00020 | 11.7319 | 64.2550 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 15 18:57 | 2025 Nov 15 08:11:38 | 86.3995 | 0.00020 | 11.7319 | 64.2550 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 13 18:56 | 2025 Nov 13 14:23:57 | 86.3997 | 0.00021 | 11.7805 | 64.2626 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 12 18:57 | 2025 Nov 12 03:17:30 | 86.4000 | 0.00022 | 11.8214 | 65.1053 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 11 18:55 | 2025 Nov 11 03:53:12 | 86.4002 | 0.00023 | 11.8486 | 65.5299 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 10 18:57 | 2025 Nov 08 14:01:49 | 86.4005 | 0.00024 | 11.9206 | 66.6051 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 09 18:57 | 2025 Nov 08 14:01:49 | 86.4005 | 0.00024 | 11.9206 | 66.6051 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 08 18:56 | 2025 Nov 08 09:00:54 | 86.4006 | 0.00024 | 11.9264 | 66.7362 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 07 18:57 | 2025 Nov 07 02:55:21 | 86.4008 | 0.00024 | 11.9614 | 67.1404 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 05 18:57 | 2025 Nov 05 04:06:44 | 86.4010 | 0.00025 | 12.0159 | 68.1339 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 04 18:57 | 2025 Nov 04 09:43:21 | 86.4011 | 0.00025 | 12.0373 | 68.7289 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |
| 2025 Nov 03 18:57 | 2025 Nov 02 09:14:25 | 86.4014 | 0.00026 | 12.0937 | 70.0038 | 285.1389 | 14.36515 | 6.743 |