Iridium 4 Rocket - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 24797U 97020F   13137.85365274  .00000497  00000-0  10477-3 0  3808
2 24797 086.8987 178.9697 0227825 244.9743 173.0729 14.42536367842827
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 20:29:15
Eccentricity: 0.0227825
inclination: 86.8987°
perigee height: 588 km
apogee height: 912 km
right ascension of ascending node: 178.9697°
argument of perigee: 244.9743°
revolutions per day: 14.42536367
mean anomaly at epoch: 173.0729°
orbit number at epoch: 84282

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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