Iridium 53 - 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 25173U 98010E   13140.42613630  .00000116  00000-0  34330-4 0  3090
2 25173 086.3979 252.5601 0002253 109.1853 293.5151 14.34218791798383
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:13:38
Eccentricity: 0.0002253
inclination: 86.3979°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 252.5601°
argument of perigee: 109.1853°
revolutions per day: 14.34218791
mean anomaly at epoch: 293.5151°
orbit number at epoch: 79838

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

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