Iridium 59 - 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 25275U 98019D   13143.45549623  .00000318  00000-0  10665-3 0  8855
2 25275 086.3985 188.3475 0002248 109.1938 250.9502 14.34224075793111
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 10:55:54
Eccentricity: 0.0002248
inclination: 86.3985°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.3475°
argument of perigee: 109.1938°
revolutions per day: 14.34224075
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.9502°
orbit number at epoch: 79311

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

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