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   13170.46226569  .00000029  00000-0  34647-5 0  3658
2 25276 086.3971 176.7443 0002380 105.8465 254.2993 14.34215102796988
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 11:05:39
Eccentricity: 0.0002380
inclination: 86.3971°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 176.7443°
argument of perigee: 105.8465°
revolutions per day: 14.34215102
mean anomaly at epoch: 254.2993°
orbit number at epoch: 79698

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

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