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   13138.47686391  .00000190  00000-0  60805-4 0  3431
2 24907 086.3979 159.0532 0002333 107.5908 042.5724 14.34216712824168
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:26:41
Eccentricity: 0.0002333
inclination: 86.3979°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 159.0532°
argument of perigee: 107.5908°
revolutions per day: 14.34216712
mean anomaly at epoch: 42.5724°
orbit number at epoch: 82416

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

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