Iridium 62 - 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 25285U 98021A   13142.44653472  .00000158  00000-0  49404-4 0  3070
2 25285 086.3960 125.3804 0002278 106.8168 253.3278 14.34219825791925
Epoch (UTC): 22 May 2013 10:43:00
Eccentricity: 0.0002278
inclination: 86.3960°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 125.3804°
argument of perigee: 106.8168°
revolutions per day: 14.34219825
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.3278°
orbit number at epoch: 79192

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

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