Iridium 30 - 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 24949U 97051F   13137.21440289  .00000384  00000-0  13004-3 0  3838
2 24949 086.3991 190.7786 0002352 111.6050 248.5397 14.34217994820552
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 05:08:44
Eccentricity: 0.0002352
inclination: 86.3991°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 190.7786°
argument of perigee: 111.6050°
revolutions per day: 14.34217994
mean anomaly at epoch: 248.5397°
orbit number at epoch: 82055

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

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