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   13144.57788315  .00000144  00000-0  44465-4 0  3855
2 24905 086.3975 156.4246 0002353 107.8232 039.4744 14.34218833825030
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 13:52:09
Eccentricity: 0.0002353
inclination: 86.3975°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.4246°
argument of perigee: 107.8232°
revolutions per day: 14.34218833
mean anomaly at epoch: 39.4744°
orbit number at epoch: 82503

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

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