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   13139.43677043  .00000423  00000-0  14413-3 0  8459
2 25170 086.3981 253.0696 0002280 108.5053 294.5934 14.34219272798237
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 10:28:56
Eccentricity: 0.0002280
inclination: 86.3981°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 253.0696°
argument of perigee: 108.5053°
revolutions per day: 14.34219272
mean anomaly at epoch: 294.5934°
orbit number at epoch: 79823

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

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