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   13170.45683226  .00000186  00000-0  59502-4 0  3568
2 25286 086.4007 113.8408 0002345 105.0062 033.0998 14.34218090795930
Epoch (UTC): 19 June 2013 10:57:50
Eccentricity: 0.0002345
inclination: 86.4007°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 113.8408°
argument of perigee: 105.0062°
revolutions per day: 14.34218090
mean anomaly at epoch: 33.0998°
orbit number at epoch: 79593

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

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