Iridium 50 - 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 25172U 98010D   13138.46812547  .00000444  00000-0  15146-3 0  3286
2 25172 086.3977 253.3717 0002244 108.9879 008.6798 14.34218937798094
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:14:06
Eccentricity: 0.0002244
inclination: 86.3977°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 253.3717°
argument of perigee: 108.9879°
revolutions per day: 14.34218937
mean anomaly at epoch: 8.6798°
orbit number at epoch: 79809

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

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