Iridium 6 - 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 24794U 97020C   13142.31728399  .00000385  00000-0  13053-3 0  1574
2 24794 086.3992 220.2965 0002435 117.0522 243.0923 14.34221984840084
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 07:36:53
Eccentricity: 0.0002435
inclination: 86.3992°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 220.2965°
argument of perigee: 117.0522°
revolutions per day: 14.34221984
mean anomaly at epoch: 243.0923°
orbit number at epoch: 84008

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

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