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   13143.49113877  .00000414  00000-0  14086-3 0  3328
2 25042 086.3958 283.0904 0002515 120.7201 239.4242 14.34219649813366
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 11:47:14
Eccentricity: 0.0002515
inclination: 86.3958°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 283.0904°
argument of perigee: 120.7201°
revolutions per day: 14.34219649
mean anomaly at epoch: 239.4242°
orbit number at epoch: 81336

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

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