Iridium 60 - 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 25276U 98019E   13143.39209551  .00000309  00000-0  10342-3 0  3354
2 25276 086.3981 188.0514 0002375 108.2039 251.9416 14.34218874793106
Epoch (UTC): 23 May 2013 09:24:37
Eccentricity: 0.0002375
inclination: 86.3981°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.0514°
argument of perigee: 108.2039°
revolutions per day: 14.34218874
mean anomaly at epoch: 251.9416°
orbit number at epoch: 79310

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

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