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   13142.44368241  .00000225  00000-0  73316-4 0  3701
2 24904 086.3968 156.9021 0002383 106.6088 253.5369 14.34216110824729
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 10:38:54
Eccentricity: 0.0002383
inclination: 86.3968°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.9021°
argument of perigee: 106.6088°
revolutions per day: 14.34216110
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.5369°
orbit number at epoch: 82472

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

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