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   13168.28054046  .00000246  00000-0  80675-4 0  3999
2 24839 086.3967 240.7022 0002349 111.5545 312.0342 14.34216748837568
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 06:43:58
Eccentricity: 0.0002349
inclination: 86.3967°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 240.7022°
argument of perigee: 111.5545°
revolutions per day: 14.34216748
mean anomaly at epoch: 312.0342°
orbit number at epoch: 83756

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

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