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   13138.46145973  .00000374  00000-0  12655-3 0  3482
2 25041 086.3951 284.9316 0002294 106.6275 253.5173 14.34217212812669
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:04:30
Eccentricity: 0.0002294
inclination: 86.3951°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 284.9316°
argument of perigee: 106.6275°
revolutions per day: 14.34217212
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.5173°
orbit number at epoch: 81266

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

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