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   13140.41973324  .00000380  00000-0  12878-3 0   567
2 25169 086.3979 252.5790 0002297 109.3065 293.1063 14.34220620798395
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:04:24
Eccentricity: 0.0002297
inclination: 86.3979°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 252.5790°
argument of perigee: 109.3065°
revolutions per day: 14.34220620
mean anomaly at epoch: 293.1063°
orbit number at epoch: 79839

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

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