Iridium 12 - 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 24837U 97030B   13138.43325625  .00000466  00000-0  15942-3 0  3612
2 24837 086.3973 253.1846 0002281 108.7142 319.9608 14.34217521833276
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 10:23:53
Eccentricity: 0.0002281
inclination: 86.3973°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 253.1846°
argument of perigee: 108.7142°
revolutions per day: 14.34217521
mean anomaly at epoch: 319.9608°
orbit number at epoch: 83327

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

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