Iridium 47 - 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 25106U 97082C   13143.47143671  .00000139  00000-0  42475-4 0  2728
2 25106 086.3966 156.3914 0002393 115.9368 049.4582 14.34218814807411
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 11:18:52
Eccentricity: 0.0002393
inclination: 86.3966°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.3914°
argument of perigee: 115.9368°
revolutions per day: 14.34218814
mean anomaly at epoch: 49.4582°
orbit number at epoch: 80741

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

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