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   13144.30251196  .00000432  00000-0  14705-3 0  2536
2 25263 086.3987 219.4190 0002382 110.6922 249.4529 14.34217956794033
Epoch (UTC): 24 May 2013 07:15:37
Eccentricity: 0.0002382
inclination: 86.3987°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 219.4190°
argument of perigee: 110.6922°
revolutions per day: 14.34217956
mean anomaly at epoch: 249.4529°
orbit number at epoch: 79403

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

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