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   13169.47877957  .00000052  00000-0  11366-4 0  4136
2 24905 086.3991 146.0240 0002402 103.1435 010.7614 14.34219380828608
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 11:29:26
Eccentricity: 0.0002402
inclination: 86.3991°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 146.0240°
argument of perigee: 103.1435°
revolutions per day: 14.34219380
mean anomaly at epoch: 10.7614°
orbit number at epoch: 82860

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

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