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   13170.43400996  .00000175  00000-0  55484-4 0  1895
2 24794 086.3966 208.5543 0002660 108.3910 251.7576 14.34219945844112
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 10:24:58
Eccentricity: 0.0002660
inclination: 86.3966°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 208.5543°
argument of perigee: 108.3910°
revolutions per day: 14.34219945
mean anomaly at epoch: 251.7576°
orbit number at epoch: 84411

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

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