Iridium 39 - 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 25042U 97069D   13139.44456696  .00000375  00000-0  12692-3 0  3289
2 25042 086.3948 284.7834 0002418 121.9419 238.2012 14.34217241812784
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 10:40:10
Eccentricity: 0.0002418
inclination: 86.3948°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 284.7834°
argument of perigee: 121.9419°
revolutions per day: 14.34217241
mean anomaly at epoch: 238.2012°
orbit number at epoch: 81278

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

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