Iridium 52 - 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 25169U 98010A   13139.44320080  .00000415  00000-0  14110-3 0   552
2 25169 086.3978 252.9871 0002302 109.3650 294.2104 14.34219963798256
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 10:38:12
Eccentricity: 0.0002302
inclination: 86.3978°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 252.9871°
argument of perigee: 109.3650°
revolutions per day: 14.34219963
mean anomaly at epoch: 294.2104°
orbit number at epoch: 79825

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

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