Iridium 25 - 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 24904U 97043B   13143.42044263  .00000257  00000-0  84616-4 0  3716
2 24904 086.3968 156.4940 0002377 106.4297 253.7161 14.34216491824866
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 10:05:26
Eccentricity: 0.0002377
inclination: 86.3968°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.4940°
argument of perigee: 106.4297°
revolutions per day: 14.34216491
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.7161°
orbit number at epoch: 82486

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

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