Iridium 31 - 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 24950U 97051G   13143.41745078  .00000323  00000-0  10831-3 0  3550
2 24950 086.3984 188.1931 0001612 090.3165 269.8215 14.34223378821455
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 10:01:07
Eccentricity: 0.0001612
inclination: 86.3984°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.1931°
argument of perigee: 90.3165°
revolutions per day: 14.34223378
mean anomaly at epoch: 269.8215°
orbit number at epoch: 82145

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

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