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   13139.50452133  .00000189  00000-0  60325-4 0  2948
2 25108 086.3966 158.1122 0002341 108.6355 042.3386 14.34221793806853
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 12:06:30
Eccentricity: 0.0002341
inclination: 86.3966°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.1122°
argument of perigee: 108.6355°
revolutions per day: 14.34221793
mean anomaly at epoch: 42.3386°
orbit number at epoch: 80685

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

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