Iridium 37 - 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 24968U 97056D   13144.29616104  .00000435  00000-0  14810-3 0  3373
2 24968 086.3989 219.4523 0002304 109.9273 250.2171 14.34217335819706
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 07:06:28
Eccentricity: 0.0002304
inclination: 86.3989°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.4523°
argument of perigee: 109.9273°
revolutions per day: 14.34217335
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.2171°
orbit number at epoch: 81970

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

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