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   13145.48139951  .00000217  00000-0  70531-4 0  3283
2 25286 086.3972 124.2717 0002088 104.6916 042.4133 14.34212974792359
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 11:33:12
Eccentricity: 0.0002088
inclination: 86.3972°
perigee height: 776 km
apogee height: 779 km
right ascension of ascending node: 124.2717°
argument of perigee: 104.6916°
revolutions per day: 14.34212974
mean anomaly at epoch: 42.4133°
orbit number at epoch: 79235

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

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