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   13144.50522955  .00000501  00000-0  17169-3 0  3192
2 24840 086.3977 250.7446 0002299 111.9917 294.9345 14.34223717834149
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 12:07:31
Eccentricity: 0.0002299
inclination: 86.3977°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 250.7446°
argument of perigee: 111.9917°
revolutions per day: 14.34223717
mean anomaly at epoch: 294.9345°
orbit number at epoch: 83414

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

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