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   13137.48105079  .00000200  00000-0  64186-4 0  2917
2 25108 086.3967 158.9575 0002321 108.5154 041.4883 14.34220494806565
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 11:32:42
Eccentricity: 0.0002321
inclination: 86.3967°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 158.9575°
argument of perigee: 108.5154°
revolutions per day: 14.34220494
mean anomaly at epoch: 41.4883°
orbit number at epoch: 80656

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

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