Iridium 35 - 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 24966U 97056B   13144.53084674  .00000440  00000-0  15019-3 0  3816
2 24966 086.3986 219.2118 0002382 110.2458 249.8994 14.34217142819731
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 12:44:25
Eccentricity: 0.0002382
inclination: 86.3986°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.2118°
argument of perigee: 110.2458°
revolutions per day: 14.34217142
mean anomaly at epoch: 249.8994°
orbit number at epoch: 81973

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

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