Iridium 10 - 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 24839U 97030D   13143.44096127  .00000490  00000-0  16781-3 0  3690
2 24839 086.3976 251.0809 0002291 110.0513 303.4886 14.34222339834007
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 10:34:59
Eccentricity: 0.0002291
inclination: 86.3976°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 251.0809°
argument of perigee: 110.0513°
revolutions per day: 14.34222339
mean anomaly at epoch: 303.4886°
orbit number at epoch: 83400

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

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