Iridium 49 - 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 25108U 97082E   13170.48108762  .00000057  00000-0  13378-4 0  3295
2 25108 086.3984 145.1708 0002409 102.6605 044.8769 14.34219470811291
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 11:32:45
Eccentricity: 0.0002409
inclination: 86.3984°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 145.1708°
argument of perigee: 102.6605°
revolutions per day: 14.34219470
mean anomaly at epoch: 44.8769°
orbit number at epoch: 81129

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

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