Iridium 22 - 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 24907U 97043E   13142.45381347  .00000131  00000-0  39887-4 0  3483
2 24907 086.3979 157.3923 0002346 106.8356 044.0692 14.34218678824733
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 10:53:29
Eccentricity: 0.0002346
inclination: 86.3979°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 157.3923°
argument of perigee: 106.8356°
revolutions per day: 14.34218678
mean anomaly at epoch: 44.0692°
orbit number at epoch: 82473

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

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