Iridium 2 - 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 25527U 98066A   13138.41506326  .00006502  00000-0  47330-3 0  7590
2 25527 085.5631 183.3138 0011298 105.7652 332.4831 15.03564982792741
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 09:57:41
Eccentricity: 0.0011298
inclination: 85.5631°
perigee height: 548 km
apogee height: 564 km
right ascension of ascending node: 183.3138°
argument of perigee: 105.7652°
revolutions per day: 15.03564982
mean anomaly at epoch: 332.4831°
orbit number at epoch: 79274

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

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