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   13141.43805687  .00000146  00000-0  45053-4 0  2705
2 25106 086.3965 157.2409 0002344 116.6498 356.6623 14.34218327807123
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 10:30:48
Eccentricity: 0.0002344
inclination: 86.3965°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 157.2409°
argument of perigee: 116.6498°
revolutions per day: 14.34218327
mean anomaly at epoch: 356.6623°
orbit number at epoch: 80712

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

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