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   13137.42433183  .00000828  00000-0  28853-3 0   521
2 25169 086.3975 253.8306 0002293 108.6960 317.6738 14.34217870797966
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 10:11:02
Eccentricity: 0.0002293
inclination: 86.3975°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 253.8306°
argument of perigee: 108.6960°
revolutions per day: 14.34217870
mean anomaly at epoch: 317.6738°
orbit number at epoch: 79796

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

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