Iridium 15 - 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 24869U 97034A   13138.49965648  .00000382  00000-0  12943-3 0  4078
2 24869 086.3951 284.8694 0002272 106.2641 320.0664 14.34217344830259
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:59:30
Eccentricity: 0.0002272
inclination: 86.3951°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 284.8694°
argument of perigee: 106.2641°
revolutions per day: 14.34217344
mean anomaly at epoch: 320.0664°
orbit number at epoch: 83025

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

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