Iridium 29 - 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 24944U 97051A   13137.27147817  .00000184  00000-0  58717-4 0  3019
2 24944 086.3989 190.6577 0002351 109.5695 250.5755 14.34213736820563
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 06:30:55
Eccentricity: 0.0002351
inclination: 86.3989°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 190.6577°
argument of perigee: 109.5695°
revolutions per day: 14.34213736
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.5755°
orbit number at epoch: 82056

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

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