Iridium 46 - 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 24905U 97043C   13140.52417747  .00000166  00000-0  52087-4 0  3802
2 24905 086.3975 158.1176 0002341 108.7497 001.7422 14.34217800824454
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 12:34:48
Eccentricity: 0.0002341
inclination: 86.3975°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.1176°
argument of perigee: 108.7497°
revolutions per day: 14.34217800
mean anomaly at epoch: 1.7422°
orbit number at epoch: 82445

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

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