Iridium 43 - 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 25039U 97069A   13145.43033715  .00000426  00000-0  14506-3 0  3377
2 25039 086.3957 282.1123 0002128 102.3983 314.4897 14.34211714813643
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 10:19:41
Eccentricity: 0.0002128
inclination: 86.3957°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 282.1123°
argument of perigee: 102.3983°
revolutions per day: 14.34211714
mean anomaly at epoch: 314.4897°
orbit number at epoch: 81364

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

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