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   13168.41994721  .00000056  00000-0  12945-4 0  3183
2 25273 086.3975 177.8335 0002409 106.6301 253.5159 14.34215550796692
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 10:04:43
Eccentricity: 0.0002409
inclination: 86.3975°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 177.8335°
argument of perigee: 106.6301°
revolutions per day: 14.34215550
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.5159°
orbit number at epoch: 79669

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

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