Iridium 57 - 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 25273U 98019B   13139.25672511  .00000389  00000-0  13182-3 0  2869
2 25273 086.3991 190.0121 0002348 109.3848 250.7602 14.34219846792519
Epoch (UTC): 19 May 2013 06:09:41
Eccentricity: 0.0002348
inclination: 86.3991°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 190.0121°
argument of perigee: 109.3848°
revolutions per day: 14.34219846
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.7602°
orbit number at epoch: 79251

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

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