Iridium 13 - 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 24840U 97030E   13138.43458399  .00000446  00000-0  15212-3 0  3125
2 24840 086.3974 253.2813 0002247 111.6490 291.1628 14.34218072833261
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 10:25:48
Eccentricity: 0.0002247
inclination: 86.3974°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 253.2813°
argument of perigee: 111.6490°
revolutions per day: 14.34218072
mean anomaly at epoch: 291.1628°
orbit number at epoch: 83326

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

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