Iridium 7 - 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 24793U 97020B   13145.34626358  .00000369  00000-0  12478-3 0  3610
2 24793 086.3990 219.0687 0002365 109.8252 006.6945 14.34217457840514
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 08:18:37
Eccentricity: 0.0002365
inclination: 86.3990°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.0687°
argument of perigee: 109.8252°
revolutions per day: 14.34217457
mean anomaly at epoch: 6.6945°
orbit number at epoch: 84051

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

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