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   13138.74297339  .00000495  00000-0  16963-3 0  3497
2 24950 086.3966 190.1425 0002331 060.8533 299.2885 14.34219656820785
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 17:49:52
Eccentricity: 0.0002331
inclination: 86.3966°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 190.1425°
argument of perigee: 60.8533°
revolutions per day: 14.34219656
mean anomaly at epoch: 299.2885°
orbit number at epoch: 82078

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

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