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   13137.43087770  .00000107  00000-0  31145-4 0  3043
2 25173 086.3974 253.8120 0002294 110.5412 316.8595 14.34215899797959
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 10:20:27
Eccentricity: 0.0002294
inclination: 86.3974°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 253.8120°
argument of perigee: 110.5412°
revolutions per day: 14.34215899
mean anomaly at epoch: 316.8595°
orbit number at epoch: 79795

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

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