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   13138.47325456  .00000115  00000-0  34018-4 0  3067
2 25173 086.3976 253.3764 0002295 110.9199 295.0589 14.34216795798102
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 11:21:29
Eccentricity: 0.0002295
inclination: 86.3976°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 253.3764°
argument of perigee: 110.9199°
revolutions per day: 14.34216795
mean anomaly at epoch: 295.0589°
orbit number at epoch: 79810

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

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