Iridium 61 - 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 25263U 98018B   13170.46572125  .00000150  00000-0  46353-4 0  2857
2 25263 086.3967 208.4924 0002400 108.8348 251.3109 14.34220139797784
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 11:10:38
Eccentricity: 0.0002400
inclination: 86.3967°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 208.4924°
argument of perigee: 108.8348°
revolutions per day: 14.34220139
mean anomaly at epoch: 251.3109°
orbit number at epoch: 79778

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

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