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   13138.46780654  .00000418  00000-0  14222-3 0  3261
2 25042 086.3946 285.1921 0002391 122.1417 238.0011 14.34216056812640
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:13:38
Eccentricity: 0.0002391
inclination: 86.3946°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 285.1921°
argument of perigee: 122.1417°
revolutions per day: 14.34216056
mean anomaly at epoch: 238.0011°
orbit number at epoch: 81264

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

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