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   13170.63112633 -.00000011  00000-0  00000+0 0  3627
2 25042 086.3977 271.7471 0002448 094.2276 265.9678 14.34219635817256
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 15:08:49
Eccentricity: 0.0002448
inclination: 86.3977°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 271.7471°
argument of perigee: 94.2276°
revolutions per day: 14.34219635
mean anomaly at epoch: 265.9678°
orbit number at epoch: 81725

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

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