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   13145.45791669  .00000136  00000-0  41376-4 0  3513
2 24907 086.3978 156.1376 0002362 107.0248 064.8024 14.34215158825169
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 10:59:24
Eccentricity: 0.0002362
inclination: 86.3978°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.1376°
argument of perigee: 107.0248°
revolutions per day: 14.34215158
mean anomaly at epoch: 64.8024°
orbit number at epoch: 82516

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

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