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   13144.54811561  .00000159  00000-0  49576-4 0  3500
2 24907 086.3980 156.5179 0002392 107.6576 049.6761 14.34214732825032
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 13:09:17
Eccentricity: 0.0002392
inclination: 86.3980°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.5179°
argument of perigee: 107.6576°
revolutions per day: 14.34214732
mean anomaly at epoch: 49.6761°
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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