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   13140.45546041  .00000351  00000-0  11832-3 0  8824
2 25275 086.3987 189.5998 0002250 109.5032 250.6407 14.34222110792688
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2013 10:55:51
Eccentricity: 0.0002250
inclination: 86.3987°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 189.5998°
argument of perigee: 109.5032°
revolutions per day: 14.34222110
mean anomaly at epoch: 250.6407°
orbit number at epoch: 79268

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

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