Iridium 58 - 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 25274U 98019C   13143.23986005  .00000324  00000-0  10855-3 0  1108
2 25274 086.3989 188.5034 0002381 110.9787 249.1664 14.34223055793089
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 05:45:23
Eccentricity: 0.0002381
inclination: 86.3989°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.5034°
argument of perigee: 110.9787°
revolutions per day: 14.34223055
mean anomaly at epoch: 249.1664°
orbit number at epoch: 79308

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

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