Iridium 41 - 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 25040U 97069B   13140.46560387  .00000301  00000-0  10056-3 0  3229
2 25040 086.3955 284.1436 0002456 112.5534 279.7296 14.34219124812931
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:10:28
Eccentricity: 0.0002456
inclination: 86.3955°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 284.1436°
argument of perigee: 112.5534°
revolutions per day: 14.34219124
mean anomaly at epoch: 279.7296°
orbit number at epoch: 81293

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

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