Iridium 42 - 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 25077U 97077A   13137.47835552  .00000384  00000-0  13008-3 0  3269
2 25077 086.3952 285.4472 0002307 106.3940 253.7510 14.34216104808367
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 11:28:49
Eccentricity: 0.0002307
inclination: 86.3952°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 285.4472°
argument of perigee: 106.3940°
revolutions per day: 14.34216104
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.7510°
orbit number at epoch: 80836

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

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