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   13144.54987562  .00000397  00000-0  13467-3 0  1606
2 24794 086.3990 219.3648 0002450 116.8816 243.2630 14.34217574840402
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 13:11:49
Eccentricity: 0.0002450
inclination: 86.3990°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.3648°
argument of perigee: 116.8816°
revolutions per day: 14.34217574
mean anomaly at epoch: 243.2630°
orbit number at epoch: 84040

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

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