Iridium 8 - 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 24792U 97020A   13144.28348411  .00000433  00000-0  14757-3 0  3616
2 24792 086.3985 219.3110 0002299 110.2792 249.8651 14.34216809840360
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 06:48:13
Eccentricity: 0.0002299
inclination: 86.3985°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.3110°
argument of perigee: 110.2792°
revolutions per day: 14.34216809
mean anomaly at epoch: 249.8651°
orbit number at epoch: 84036

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

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