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   13169.48526145  .00000063  00000-0  15491-4 0  3015
2 25106 086.3980 145.5226 0002737 104.2699 010.3425 14.34219326811140
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 11:38:46
Eccentricity: 0.0002737
inclination: 86.3980°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 145.5226°
argument of perigee: 104.2699°
revolutions per day: 14.34219326
mean anomaly at epoch: 10.3425°
orbit number at epoch: 81114

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

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