Iridium 19 - 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 24965U 97056A   13142.28557556  .00000387  00000-0  13121-3 0  3293
2 24965 086.3991 220.1392 0002343 109.9214 250.2235 14.34221640819432
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 06:51:13
Eccentricity: 0.0002343
inclination: 86.3991°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 220.1392°
argument of perigee: 109.9214°
revolutions per day: 14.34221640
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.2235°
orbit number at epoch: 81943

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

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