Iridium 40 - 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 25041U 97069C   13140.48474654  .00000312  00000-0  10431-3 0  3514
2 25041 086.3955 284.0851 0002274 106.6339 253.5107 14.34219093812955
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 11:38:02
Eccentricity: 0.0002274
inclination: 86.3955°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 284.0851°
argument of perigee: 106.6339°
revolutions per day: 14.34219093
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.5107°
orbit number at epoch: 81295

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

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