Iridium 34 - 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 24969U 97056E   13142.29191350  .00000374  00000-0  12645-3 0  3234
2 24969 086.3993 220.2280 0002217 108.6981 251.4455 14.34216104819416
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 07:00:21
Eccentricity: 0.0002217
inclination: 86.3993°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 220.2280°
argument of perigee: 108.6981°
revolutions per day: 14.34216104
mean anomaly at epoch: 251.4455°
orbit number at epoch: 81941

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

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