Iridium 54 - 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 25171U 98010C   13145.11139509  .00000418  00000-0  14220-3 0  2962
2 25171 086.3980 250.6315 0002276 109.0075 251.1367 14.34223852799210
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 02:40:24
Eccentricity: 0.0002276
inclination: 86.3980°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 250.6315°
argument of perigee: 109.0075°
revolutions per day: 14.34223852
mean anomaly at epoch: 251.1367°
orbit number at epoch: 79921

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

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