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   13142.50678442  .00000007  00000-0 -45551-5 0  2984
2 25108 086.3968 156.8580 0002371 108.7644 053.6520 14.34218480807285
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 12:09:46
Eccentricity: 0.0002371
inclination: 86.3968°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 156.8580°
argument of perigee: 108.7644°
revolutions per day: 14.34218480
mean anomaly at epoch: 53.6520°
orbit number at epoch: 80728

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

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