Iridium 45 - 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 25104U 97082A   13140.51767896  .00000145  00000-0  44551-4 0  2903
2 25104 086.3966 157.6919 0002261 107.0386 002.6582 14.34218108806993
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 12:25:27
Eccentricity: 0.0002261
inclination: 86.3966°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 157.6919°
argument of perigee: 107.0386°
revolutions per day: 14.34218108
mean anomaly at epoch: 2.6582°
orbit number at epoch: 80699

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

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