Iridium 33 - 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 24946U 97051C   13142.47377106  .00000222  00000-0  74261-4 0  4392
2 24946 086.3898 188.6732 0009329 057.7358 078.0886 14.32907647821081
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 11:22:13
Eccentricity: 0.0009329
inclination: 86.3898°
perigee height: 775 km
apogee height: 789 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.6732°
argument of perigee: 57.7358°
revolutions per day: 14.32907647
mean anomaly at epoch: 78.0886°
orbit number at epoch: 82108

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

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