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   13139.48837888  .00000218  00000-0  70800-4 0  3796
2 24905 086.3976 158.5502 0002350 109.0517 056.8045 14.34217391824300
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 11:43:15
Eccentricity: 0.0002350
inclination: 86.3976°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.5502°
argument of perigee: 109.0517°
revolutions per day: 14.34217391
mean anomaly at epoch: 56.8045°
orbit number at epoch: 82430

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

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