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   13140.41833300  .00000390  00000-0  13203-3 0  8469
2 25170 086.3982 252.6594 0002273 108.4898 319.3991 14.34219968798374
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:02:23
Eccentricity: 0.0002273
inclination: 86.3982°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 252.6594°
argument of perigee: 108.4898°
revolutions per day: 14.34219968
mean anomaly at epoch: 319.3991°
orbit number at epoch: 79837

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

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