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   13139.43821929  .00000339  00000-0  11406-3 0  3509
2 25041 086.3952 284.5229 0002283 106.5694 253.5753 14.34218306812806
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 10:31:02
Eccentricity: 0.0002283
inclination: 86.3952°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 284.5229°
argument of perigee: 106.5694°
revolutions per day: 14.34218306
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.5753°
orbit number at epoch: 81280

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

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