Iridium 56 - 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 25170U 98010B   13143.82386506  .00000225  00000-0  80400-4 0  6388
2 25170 086.3957 251.2335 0002436 078.3806 281.8145 14.34220750798868
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 19:46:21
Eccentricity: 0.0002436
inclination: 86.3957°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 251.2335°
argument of perigee: 78.3806°
revolutions per day: 14.34220750
mean anomaly at epoch: 281.8145°
orbit number at epoch: 79886

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

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