Iridium 63 - 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 25286U 98021B   13169.41228679  .00000192  00000-0  61337-4 0  3554
2 25286 086.4005 114.2769 0002332 105.1693 043.1655 14.34217572795789
Epoch (UTC): 18 June 2013 09:53:41
Eccentricity: 0.0002332
inclination: 86.4005°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 114.2769°
argument of perigee: 105.1693°
revolutions per day: 14.34217572
mean anomaly at epoch: 43.1655°
orbit number at epoch: 79578

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

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